Repairing a Kenmore 158 13550 - need help finding a part
My wife has been using this machine since she got it as a graduation present, when it was new. While finishing up her latest quilt, it started making a grinding noise, then locked up completely.
So, I cracked it open, cleaned it up, and started learning about these fascinating mechanisms. Long story short, one of the pivots in the linkage mechanisms in the head had frozen. I managed to get it all apart, cleaned, and reassembled, however, the cast shaft with the bushing guides for the needle carrier, that pivots at the top for zig-zag, suffered a crack at the top: the linkage crashed into and cracked it, it came apart as I disassembled.
Is there a go-to source for replacement parts like this? Someone who parts-out old beyond repair machines? This bit seems to be common to a number of 158 machines. It's part #3 on the "presser bar assembly " diagrams I find online, only described as "support". https://www.searspartsdirect.com/product/2wog5dl9ex-0020-158/id-8170