Okay, that heading sounds just a little bit funny but those words are exactly what I've heard more than once this past couple of weeks. One stubborn machine wouldn't release the screw that holds the spool pin cover plate on so there was no way to oil the metal and grease the gears there. Another lady wanted to take the throat plate off to clean any lint and fuzz out from under that area but those screws just wouldn't come loose.
Well, we shouldn't be tightening up those screws so they are that stubborn but let's face it, sometimes we're not the ones that tightened like our lives depended on it so what should you do now?
I do love the Tri-Flo oil that I use for the featherweights partly because it is so good to squeeze between any two metal parts and that in itself will coax those screws to be turned. The thing is that you have to be patient.
The screw that wouldn't allow us to get to the gears inside the spool cover plate took an overnight setting. Once that penetration of oil happened it was easy to open that area up. The throat plate screws took an overnight soak as well. I took off the stitch length plate off another machine after those couple of stubborn screws had some Tri-Flo applied after only 2 hours.
So, patience is the key. I hope you don't have such a problem with your sweet featherweight but if you do, try a Tri-Flo soak. I think it will work.
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