I just replaced a pressure roller in one of these yesterday at about 489,000 clicks. Heat tube looks like it's almost brand new. If the web assembly is a nightmare of overengineering, then the disassembly of the fuser to get to either of the rollers is worse. Too many different types of screws and too many tight corners to fit into.
For the lousy web, I have a complete web in the box ready to go thanks to a fused set screw on the first one I did. Now I just swap out the one needing replacement with the complete one and then rebuild at my leisure in the office or in a controlled environment. It makes it a lot easier than trying to pry off E-clips in a customer's office or on a table with a floor that somehow always seems to hide those clips when they fall!
I also did my first updated developer unit about three weeks ago, on the same machine no less, and it still has pretty good copy quality. I hope once the new toner makes its way out to customer sites that it will also improve the output. I'm beginning to think though that Ricoh is 'Chinese Democracy-ing' us on this toner: it will be out at some point in the next fifteen years right?
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