I was trying to change the presser foot and somehow held the up/down lever in the back too high and it came out of place and wouldn't lift the foot at all. So I opened it up and fixed the part that lifts and lowers the foot. When I go to sew, with the presser foot down, my fabric is sliding all over the place. The foot is not grabbing onto nor guiding the fabric along. Now I can easily lift and lower the foot inside its coil, without the lever. And it moves around. It's as if something is missing. Can you help?
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Go to yellowpages.com and find a repair shop who fixes sewing machines. I have a repair shop in my area that repairs my vacuum cleaner and sewing machines. There might be a shop in your area known as Sew-Vac.
In the photo you've posted it looks as though the feed dogs on the throat plate have dropped - if that has happened, you need to raise the feed dogs - problem should be solved. See page 42 of your user manual for directions to raise/lower the feed dogs, or download this free copy of the manual from Singer's website:
www.singerco.com/
Also see page 74 for troubleshooting if the feed dogs are in the correct position for sewing.
Otherwise, like the previous poster, I think you will need to take your machine to a qualified repair tech. It looks to me as though there is a bit missing just above the spring section of your presser foot and needle shaft - but I'm not familiar with that particular model, and not all models have a piece (very, very small) where I'm thinking I'm seeing something missing.
Go back in with a mini-torch and look around the interior of the machine particularly the area directly below the shaft to see if you can find loose bits. If you can't then you should assume your machine doesn't feature a part there and now you should take the machine to a tech because something else is wrong in there. Only a tech with tools and access/experience with your Singer model will be able to work out what's wrong at this point.
I'm self taught and do own a Singer service manual but not for that model.
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