{"id":1567,"date":"2021-11-24T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T23:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.davebaar.com\/wordpress\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T00:44:19","slug":"fixing-a-janome-1110dx-serger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davebaar.com\/wordpress\/2021\/11\/24\/fixing-a-janome-1110dx-serger\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing a Janome 1110DX Serger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently, a local friend from previous repairs brought over a Janome Serger that wasn’t working. The symptoms in this case were that the unit was completely “stuck” in that the manual handwheel could only be turned a few degrees, and the motor would not cause a significant rotation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not being at all familiar with these units, nor with sewing machines in general, I pulled open some of the covers and looked inside. Nothing was obviously amiss or out of place, so after removing a side cover, I took the drive belt off (no tools required; just pulls off), and turned the unit on. The motor ran freely and quietly, so there were no apparent motor or electrical problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drive belt on handwheel -just slides off with very light force<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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After trying a few things and looking at some online videos of working units, I noticed that the piston that drives what I think is the upper looper was not moving in the malfunctioning unit. Closer inspection showed corrosion between the piston and the sleeve housing it (red arrows in the image)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The problem piston -viewed from front of unit with front bottom cover rolled down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The quick fix for this was to very gently tap the lower end of the piston assembly (green arrows) downward; I used an old hammer and a screwdriver shaft to do that. That freed the piston, and after wiping some of the dirt and corrosion away and lubricating the piston with just a drop of light oil, and putting the drive belt back on, the serger worked as expected. A pretty quick repair! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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