took off the two screws on bottom of machine to Clean, and found this spring.  Jim Stutsman please advise where it might go????? Your help is greatly appreciated. Jane

On Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 09:03 PM, <janeshorner@...> wrote:

took off the two screws on bottom of machine to Clean, and found this spring.  Jim Stutsman please advise where it might go????? Your help is greatly appreciated. Jane

It appears that this is your first post, so I'm not sure whether you are having sewing problems or not. The spring in question is not shown on the parts list for the 15000. As you probably noticed, there is a multitude of springs in the machine. My best guess would be that it connects to the bar, highlighted in blue in the drawing below, at the point that the arrow points to. The other end would be on the bottom of the machine. Look for a piece of metal with a small hole directly under that area that has nothing in the hole. If you can't find it, or can't get it reconnected, see your dealer for help. If it's the spring I'm thinking of, it is designed to pull that bar down when making a stitch. When it's not connected, only gravity pulls it down and that doesn't work well at high speed. It would cause problems - maybe bird nests, broken thread, or just bad stitching.

Hi Jim, my name is Steve and you are correct that is where the spring goes.  You have to remove the bottom cover and it can be reinstalled with a very small hook and a magnet.  It is not an easy task to do, I learned about this while repairing one that was having sewing problems at high speed.  It isn't a common problem on the 15000 but I've done a few.

I'm a certified Janome technician.  It seems to happen more often on a 6500 Professional when they are operated at high speed and stop and start a lot.  We had a lady that sewed a lot and she had a few problems with her machine throwing the spring off.

Thanks for that Steve! I actually made the diagnosis based on a 6500 that had the problem. I didn't try the hook and magnet, which sounds like a great idea. A pair of small needle nose pliers, and a few well-chosen words, got it done eventually. Good to have you onboard!

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Favymtz

Never had that issue but, once when I brought my machine in for its yearly, I proudly told my dealer that I was using a pipe cleaner to keep the machine clean.  He was not happy.  He told me the danger with using a pipe cleaner is that there is a very small spring that I could dislodge and he would not be happy replacing it.  I will add that my dealer (now retired) was one of the nicest men I'd ever met and I vowed never to use a pipe cleaner, or similar, in there again.
Ceil

Well. I guess I won’t use the pipe cleaner again.