HOW TO DISMANTLE THE UPPER GROUP OF THE ZIG-ZAGMECHANISM (FIGS. 46 AND 47)Remove the top cover.Remove the mounting plate for the “Automatic " device.Remove the zig-zag mechanism cover plate and open thefaceplate of the machine.Remove the needle positioning rod " 7 " (Fig. 46) in the followingorder:Remove retaining ring " 8 ".Loosen screw " 6 " which holds left end of the rod " 7 ".Remove pin " 5 " by pulling it upward.Loosen screw " 29 " at right-hand end of rod " 7 ".Remove the needle bar positioning rod " 7 " by pulling it outof the machine from the face plate side.The needle bar positioning lever assembly " 13 " is now free forremoval which shall be done in the following order (see Fig. 46):Loosen screw " 33 " which holds the pin " 34 " (underneaththe bed plate).Remove spring " 10 " (from the left side).Remove retaining ring " 11A" which is slipped on top ofpin " 15 ".Remove the needle bar positioning lever " 12 " by pulling itbackward and then upward out of the machine.Remove spring " 30 " (toward the right)./) Loosen screw " 25 " and remove zig-zag width regulatinglever " 32 ".51Copyright -2004