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Question posted by ingenuebabe on November 16th, 2013

Heavy Duty Needles

I installed a "universal" heavy duty needle into my Lx2500 machine to sew on thicker fabric. Used my manuel to make sure I installed the needle correctly. Plus a test run on thinner denim fabric. All went well. However when I went to sew on the actual item. Heard a "crunch" sound & stopped immediatly. Switched the needle back to original & it's sewing ok. However it looks like the piece that holds the foot in place got bent! However it's sewing normally on regular fabric. What size needle or what else do I need to sew on "THICK" fabric. Also is my machine damaged?

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