I am having problems with the wire feed in my Lincoln SP175 plus

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I am having problems with the wire feed on my welder, when I lift up the cover to watch the spool spin I see the wheels spinning on the welder but it is not grabbing, I am not sure if it is friction, but I tighten the spring that holds the contraption down, does not do anything, the wire comes out in spurts? I am using .035 wire, I have 75/25 gas and using it off of my dryer plug in. In which the last 30 days I have been welding 1/4 steel, I have had a couple certified welders getting me going on this, and everything was great until tonight. Please let me know what you might think what the problem was. I have the setting at J and wire speed at 8    Thanks
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