Juki DU-1181N Shaft Replacement Questions
I picked up this machine for $150 as a result of the owner tipping it over on a truck bed and snapping the shaft at the hand wheel location and not wanting to deal with replacing it. So I decided to take on the project considering how cheap of a sale it was.
Looking for advice getting the machine back in order. This is my first walking foot machine so sorry for my ignorance but when I turn the shaft (with a flat head in the hollowed out portion of the shaft), I meet resistance when I get to the point I’d imaging should be a full revolution and the needle comes to a dead stop.
On my other machine, I can turn the hand wheel freely through a full revolution but I cannot with the 1181n. Is this a feature of a walking foot machine?
Also, is replacing the main shaft as easy as unscrewing the set screws indicated in the pictures and putting in the new one?