First, let me just say I now hate this machine. It has about 10k pages on it and it's developed a really bad squeak. It happens when the main drive is turning while warming up and making copies, and It sounds like it's coming from the right-side of the machine. I've tried replacing everything in the maintenance kit one at a time to see if any of those units where the problem and they were not. Yesterday I took out the main drive (the service manual is missing sooo many steps for removing the drive by the way) and lubed it and everything else on that side of the machine I could. There are a bunch more gears under the frame of the machine that I couldn't get to without much more tear-down so I put a few drops of lubricant of them as best I could and I put it back together and the damn thing is still squeaking.
So, do you guys have any advice on how I can pinpoint this noise? There doesn't seem to be any U30 or motor test so I can keep it running to try and troubleshoot, I have to make copies to keep the motor turning so it will keep making the noise and I should mention this noise will come and go with different intensities as it see fit. Have any of you had a noise issue on one these models that you remember and could give me an idea of what to lubricate? Any advice is appreciated and thanks in advance!
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