281c Bridge Unit Rumbling

[AVux07]

This machine's bridge unit makes a pretty good noise and I think it's been doing it since new. Today I rebuilt the fuser for normal wear and spent some time checking the noise but couldn't help. Has any one seen this condition on any Toshiba that uses a bridge unit?

[ToshibaTech]

I have seen several of this series (only) wear out the idle gear on the fuser which is part of the drive train on the fuser which drives the bridge. You can get the same idle gear(s) off a e45 series, 450/2/3 series machine and swap it off a junker or just order the new gear. Check it out, I'd say that's your problem. Eventually the bridge will stop driving and then you'll get jams. Must be a difference in the 281C fuser or bridge causing abnormal wear on this gearset which doesn't occur in the other fusers.

HTH