I have the Sears Kenmore 158.140. It's old. It it's not making any stitches and the needle won't pick up the bobbin thread. Please help.
By Melissa
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It's probably the bobbin gear - no matter the maker, bobbin gears from about the late 50s forward were more and more made with rubber, plastic, and silicone teeth, and those do wear out eventually!
Best to take your machine to the Sears repair shop - their techs are factory trained even for the oldest of their sewing machines, and will have you sewing again fairly quickly. I live in the UK now and it's been several years since I priced Kenmore and Sears sewing machine repairs (I do repair work on my sewing student machines) but it shouldn't cost you more than $100 for parts, labour, and possibly a servicing as well (cleaning, oiling, general check-over).
Be sure to ask, though, if the servicing will be included in any quote - they used to do this routinely but I understand they've stopped doing it that way, now you have to specifically state you want a quote to include servicing as well as the actual repair.
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