The feed drive shaft gear and hook drive shaft gear on my 498 have stripped their teeth. can I get a repair manual anywhere. or does anyone know the order to get the gears out and off the shafts?

Ian Clark, August 2007

Hello Ian,
Do you mean the top shaft gear which is quite common to strip underneath the top cover ? you can get most spares from www.sewing-machine-parts.co.uk, if you intendo to replace the gears yourself and they are the top gears which I think they are, you will need to retime the machine afterwards completely, if you can't get the gears from above try www.sewingonline.co.uk.
Any problems fitting the gears or retiming let me know, e-mail me.
Ken

drivewithken@blueyonder.co.uk, August 2007