Originally Posted by
rthonpm
If the plastic frame around the heat tube has broken, replace the bearings with the ones from the 35/45 series that have the additional ring on them. Install the heat tube with that ring on the outer edge of the metal frame on the sides and that will keep it in place even with the frame damaged. Iy may take you a little time to get the heat tube installed the first few times, but it's a foolproof solution for a bad design. I even go as far to only use the 35/45 series bearings in the 1027-MP 3010 machines. I've still got a bunch of these out with low volume customers since these boxes just won't die. If all Ricoh boxes were as easy to keep up as this series and the older 1515 through MP 171 series boxes, life would be good.
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