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# Maintenance Schedule and Replacement Parts

## Daily, weekly, quarterly and annual maintenance checklists.

#### **Cleaning Your Machine-Daily (with regular use)**

• Clean the bobbin area with every bobbin change. A soft paintbrush works very well for this. You can also use compressed air. 

• Don’t forget to check your bobbin case for lint at every bobbin change. Check under and around the anti-backlash spring. 

• Wipe your tracks and all wheels with a piece of cotton batting. 

• Replace your needle for each quilt. You may need to change more/less often depending on the size of the quilts and fabrics.

#### **Machine Maintenance-Weekly**

• Clean and wipe down the machine weekly or as needed.

• Clean the tracks and wheels weekly or as needed. Clorox wipes or alcohol will remove oily residue so they stay cleaner, longer. 

• Check encoders for threads and lint. Clean as needed. 

• Check the bobbin case tension spring. Occasionally, run a thin pin or corner of a business card under the spring to pull out any lint. 

#### **Machine Maintenance-Quarterly**

• Inspect o-rings for cracks. Replace if needed. 

• Inspect the check spring for grooves. Replace if needed.  

• Inspect the anti-backlash spring. Replace if needed. 

• Remove the needle plate to clean underneath. 

• Inspect belt pulleys for thread and lint and clean them as needed.

#### **Machine Maintenance-Annually**

• “Floss to Test” thread guides and needle plate for burrs that would catch or fray thread. 

• Change Rotary Check Spring Assembly felt washers if dirty. 

• Remove covers to thoroughly inspect belts and pulleys.

• Check mechanical adjustments if you are experiencing problems.  

In-home maintenance visits are recommended every five years or 500 quilts, whichever comes first.

 

### Parts to Keep on Hand for Emergencies

- Entire Rotary Check Spring Assembly
- Check Spring (bare)
- Cone Springs for Intermittent Tension and Rotary Checkspring Assembly
- Felt Washers for Rotary Checkspring Assembly
- Thread Guide above the Needle
- Needle Set Screw
- Encoder O-Rings
- Bobbin Winder O-Ring
- Machine Fuses
- Bobbin Case
- Motor Belt
  
  We also recommend you upgrade to the Soft Touch Switches rather then replacing handle switches.

### Top Replacement Parts Schedule

**1-5 years or 500 quilts**

Anti-Backlash Spring

Bobbin Case

CheckSpring Assembly

**5 years**

Z Motor Belt

Vision M Powerswitch

Wheel Kit

**10 Years**

Statler Crosstrack Wiring Harness

Z Motor and Pulley

 

 

 

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