Service Manual
Original issue
Feb. 2007
Page 15/55
Model
CE-200E
9. Needle bar height
Note: Check this item before checking “Needle timing to shuttle” and
”Feed-dog timing (vertical motion) “
1.Remove needle plate and bobbin case.
Select straight stitch (center needle position).
Raise needle to its highest position by turning hand wheel.
2.Check to see if distance from needle point to the surface of needle plate is as illustrated
below.
3.Remove face cover and adjust as illustrated above.
Loosen screw of needle bar clamp using hex screw driver and adjust the height
of needle bar.
4.Check to see if needle threader operates correctly and there is not interference
in vertical movement of needle bar.
Tighten the screw securely after adjustment.
15.4 to 15.9 mm from
the surface of needle plate
Highest position
of Needle
Needle position
at center