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Posted on Jan 12, 2008

Wheel won't turn

I was embroiderying when my machine made a funny noice and stopped. The wheel will not turn. The motor makes a noice if you try to run it like it is stuck.

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  • Anonymous May 16, 2008

    Hello,

    The same thing happend to me with an older model (Singer
    XL 10). I have been sewing a decorating stitch and the machine stopped
    suddenly. Now I am not able to turn the hand wheel anymore like I
    should (I can move it a little bit, but the needle does not move up and
    down and the wheel is getting stuck). When I try to use the pedal the
    motor makes a horrible noise and stops. The needle is not moving up and
    down.

    Is there a solution for that problem? I moved from Europe
    to Australia and have not used my machine since. Today is the first
    day, I was cleaning and oiling it and it first sewed perfectly. In case
    that there would be thread stuck somewhere, how could I possibly clean
    that? I already took off the plastic from the head, but I can not see
    where the problem is.

    Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

    Best regards,
    Nelly

    PS. Sorry that I posted my first question as a solution. I thought it would appear as a comment.


  • Anonymous Mar 20, 2014

    My embroidery machine hand wheel won't turn ,,,I was embroidery and the machine starts making some noise like if need it oil and then stop.. Try to turn de handheld but it not working

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2014

    when I help the moter by turning the wheel on thesewing machine it will start to turn by itself

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Hello,

The same thing happend to me with an older model (Singer XL 10). I have been sewing a decorating stitch and the machine stopped suddenly. Now I am not able to turn the hand wheel anymore like I should (I can move it a little bit, but the needle does not move up and down and the wheel is getting stuck). When I try to use the pedal the motor makes a horrible noise and stops. The needle is not moving up and down.

Is there a solution for that problem? I moved from Europe to Australia and have not used my machine since. Today is the first day, I was cleaning and oiling it and it first sewed perfectly. In case that there would be thread stuck somewhere, how could I possibly clean that? I already took off the plastic from the head, but I can not see where the problem is.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Best regards,
Nelly

  • Robin Mar 29, 2011

    There was no solution published and this is my exact problem.

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