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The thread guide on top of my Singer 1191D 300A is broken. How do I repair/replace it?
HiCustomer
Please tell me which color matches the broken part in the picture below.
Thank you.
Ok, on this picture everything looks the same as my machine except on the top of the machine there is a silver metal cylinder (almost directly above the letter I in the word Singer looks like only a faint dot on your picture) and it got broken in half during a move. Maybe it's not essential since I don't see one in the picture shown. The red/green/blue and orange parts that correspond to the picture you have are all in good working order.
If you look at the instruction manual for Singer Machine 1191D 200A 300A 258A 558Aon page 5 "Threading the Machine" you will see a picture of it (between A and B) on Fig 9(Found the instruction manual online)
Could you please share the url you got it from. Im coming up with a bunch of garbage sites. When my A/V goes off on two sites in a row, Im sorry but I quit looking.
Here is the urlhttp://www.singermachines.co.uk/Parts_&_Ser/indstbooks.htmthe 1191D manual is down near the bottom of the list.
Ok. First off thank you very much for the URL. I was able to download all the repair and parts manuals for the Singer line. This will help me to assist many customers in the future. Im quite sure that they will all be very greatfull to you for this, as I am as well.
After looking through the entire parts catalog for this model I am unable to locate the part you need. They just never made any of these with the intention of selling them as after market parts.
In addition to this the guide is swedged into the metal of the housing. The only way to replace it is to have a machine shop remove the old one and then use a high pressure press to swedge the new one in. This would require extensive disassembly of the unit.
There are alternatives possible. You could have one of these made that would screw onto a threaded base. Then cut the old one off and grind it flush with the caseing. Then a small hole is drilled and a screw inserted from the inside of the caseing out. The new part would then be screwed onto the screw. This can be accomplished by anyone that is handy with tools. The part is not a difficult one to make.
Fortunatly this part is not a critical one in the thread delivery system. It acts only as an initial guide, directing the thread to the next guide. For all its worth you could epoxy a paper clip in its place and it would work just fine. It wouldnt look pretty but it would be functional.
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance in this matter.
Best, THS
Appliance Technician
30 years repairing appliances