help! singer 360 knitting machine will only go in one direction

Dear All;
I just bought a singer 360 knitting macihne that was totally jammed that i disassembled and cleaned and oiled and now it will only knit left to right but drops 95% of stitches the other way. I was only able to remove the lower drum on the carriage and then the screws stripped so i was not able to fully clean it. The drums on the left side are moving freely and on the rightly slight less but i don’t have to use very much strength to move it either direction. I did not 100% disassemble it i cleaned the middle/lower drums only. I didn’t look at the cams at all. Any suggestions of what might be going on? Trying not to destroy the screws I stripped to get at this one drum but if I have to i’ll consider it. The seller had no idea about the machine she was selling it for family. There is also a gear that is less freely moving on the sinker plate but again it has a stripped screw. I cleaned a WHOLE bunch of wound up yarn from it and it is 80% better without being able to unscrew it.

Help!
Karen.

Welcome to the forum!
Maybe @Phyl1knit2, @Beth_Leatherman or @FluffyYarn can help.

I would love to help but I only know about European machines, not Japanese. But there is a couple who post YouTube videos about machine cleaning and repair. (And knitting) They might cover your problem in their videos. Or maybe you could message them.

Website: https://theanswerlady.com/Youtubelinksaskjack.html

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=the+answer+lady+ask+jack

Check her knitting videos too. I’ve seen her do repairs on that channel too. theanswerladyknits

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This is not your machine, but here is one that would only work in 1 direction.

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