So I bought some new Touch N Sew gears on eBay...they're nylon too, now what?

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07-25-2015, 11:24 AM

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J Miller

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Originally Posted by toverly

That was the problem with the Touch N Sews. Nylon parts. I had one from a garage sale and the feed dogs were simply flat bars. The nylon teeth had totally eroded. Depending upon how much you have in your machine, I would stick with the nylon or go for a different machine.

Our T&S 778 came with the rubber feed dogs, somewhere in it's life they were replace with metal ones. Easy job, just two small screws to R&R the feed dog assembly.

Joe

07-25-2015, 11:26 AM

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J Miller

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I do know that most of the later plastic geared Singer machines I've got have the spiral cut gears on them rather than the original straight cut gears. These seem to last much better than the older design. I've got almost a new set of gears for my wife's 538 now, only missing the cam drive gear, and I made sure to get the spiral cut gears.

Still I wish I could find steel replacements.

Joe