The take up thread lever will not come out far enough for me to thread sewing machine

some machine have that problem, I had to fix that problem on one of my personal machine, , take a pair of pliers and gently close the thread take up lever just enough to stop the thread from coming off

some sewing machines will do that, you can take a piece of tape and put it on the take up lever, so it will hold the thread in, or try taking a pair of pliers and closing the take up lever a bit, but not enough to damage the lever

make sure that the needle is at the top of the stroke
if you have to you can let the foot down and that should give you ample room to thread the eye of the needle
if not the needle timing may have slipped in which case it will need a service or the needle may not be up in the holder far enough

take a piece of tape and put the tape of the take up lever or take a pair of pliers and close the take up lever just enough so the thread will not come off. I had the same thing happen on one of my sewing machines.

Presser foot up, takeup lever at the top, thread the machine normally all the way and through the needle, open the needle plate, press the little lever to the right, wind the thread from the needle round the presser foot screw, press on the foot control slowly and wind the bobbin, when you have enough thread on the bobbin close the slide plate the winder will drop down, pull the threads to the back of the machine and start sewing

you don't thread it like we did the older machines... it has a slot... just come up the right side over and down the left side... it will slip into place.

The needle may not be inserted all the way, try a new needle and insert it as far as it will go and turn the hand wheel towards you until the needle shaft is all the way up, do not turn it away from you because it can mess up the timing. Let me know if you still have a problem.

You should be able to turn the hand wheel (on the right side of the machine) towards you and you should see the take up lever on the top left. It does not stick above the machine.



Let me know if you need more help,
Chris

Hi, This is a threading problem.
When you thread the machine, to make sure it is right in the top tension, thread as far as the take-up lever and stop.
Set the presser foot down, turn the top tension dial to zero, and then to 3 or 5. While turn the dial, pull the thread some to see if it tightens up as the dial increases in numbers.
After the thread comes out of the tension discs, it should then go through the check spring, then up to the take-lever.
The needle is correct and thread from the inside out, meaning right to left.

Hope this helps for now..

Take care

Usually that is due to insufficient upper tension OR a thread routing problem. Make sure when the presser is lowered that the upper tension activates. I think if one had really thick material the tension MIGHT not activate because the lever would not come down far enough.

Check that the needle is in right... usually the long groove is closest to the operator.