Cant get the bernina walking foot in position on the 1031 machine

Walking feet are difficult to attach until you learn how.

Bernina Walking Foot Unboxing Using

The person in the video (above) installs the foot from the right. I start out with the walking foot to the left of the needle bar. (It REALLY helps to use a knee lifter so the presser foot mechanism is raised as high as possible.) It helps to tilt the walking foot, the top should tilt maybe about 10 degrees to the right of vertical. The walking foot "fork" should encircle the needlescrew. Just bring the foot in from below and then up to attach. If you are having a lot of difficulty, you can even remove the needlescrew and needle, attach the presser foot then re-install the needle, put the skrew through the fork, into the needle bar, and tighten down the needle. But once you figure out how to tilt and swing the presser foot in and up, you probably won't need to fiddle with the needlescrew. (Note: Fixya thinks it's a bad word so I had to misspell it on purpose!!!)

Avoid bending the foot to attach. Just be patient.

The walking foot has a spring loaded lever that rides on the needle clamp screw. If you lower the needle into the hole on the walking foot it will remove the pressure and make it easier to attach the walking foot to the ankle.