HELP - Brother KA 8310 linker wont move.

bitsandbobse
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Can anyone help I can not figure out why its not moving every thing seams ok,


 


or point me in the right direction to get help.


 


Thank you


 


You tube


 


www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3PKsuN5gg&feature=youtu.be


 


 


 

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Can you post a working link?

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http://www.knittersreview.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=58416


 


is it a knitting machine BITS?


 


if you could give us more details

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bitsandbobse
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hope this works 🙂


 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3PKsuN5gg


 


thanks for the replies, going to have a look at the link thanks.

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bitsandbobse
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Its a linker for casting off work

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hey bits........... sending you here........... one of the best sewing etc forums on the net


 


http://www.thesewingforum.co.uk/index.php


 


i am sure the ladies in there can help you out;-)

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duh moment


 


http://www.knittingforums.org.uk/


 


also a great help

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bitsandbobse
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thank you 🙂

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You probably don't have it positioned correctly or the needles are not all in the right position when you start. A machine knitting forum is your best bet. I hope you get sorted.:-)

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just google forums on knitting machines........... as maggie said


 


the sewing forum i gave also do all sorts of crafts.


 


 

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Anonymous
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? Check your machine bed &  needle alignment - you might have a 'foreign body' or a machine needle hook stuck in the linker gubbins if either it wasn't perfectly straight or you were fair belting along.


If you have, don't try & force it - it's a case of deep breaths, steady hands & a lot of patience. Try to get either a very, very fine crochet hook or a needle from the machine into where the jamming is then try to unhook the machine needle hook from the linker hook using the crochet hook. Might take a fair bit of shuggling but should work free eventually. You might need to be a bit of a contortionist to see under the linker!


Try turning the handle to move the linker a couple of millimetres to the left & to the right to see if that loosens anything.  Might give you a wee bit more room to get the crochet hook into the gap.


 


When it does, change the offending needle in the machine & make sure the linker needle hasn't been put out of line too. If you're careful, you can sometimes straighten it with a pair of pliers but wrap a wee bit of cloth / padding round the jaws of the pliers first.


 


Also, check the gate pegs round where it jammed - sometimes they can get bent, even just slightly, but it's enough to jam the linker.


 


Good luck, hope one of these works for you 🙂

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I think I just had this same problem. If you look under the dial on the left when you're turning it you can see a lever that's not moving. It's connected at the top and back of the carriage to the lever that opens the latch to allow the needles to pass through. I wd-40 'd (Gasp I know, bad right?) all connected parts and now it works. Hope this helps.
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This post was back in May. I expect it's sorted by now.

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Hi,

 

I solved this with my linker and have posted the instructions to fix it on the You Tube page the original questioner has put up That's here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3PKsuN5gg

 

I would have posted it here too, but for some reason I can't paste it here and it's too long to type all over again!!

 

Hope it helps anyway.

 

Ann

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