03/04 drum rebuild kits

[tonerhead]

Many vendors offer rebuild kits for these. I heard rumor Ricoh is also planning to do it. Has anyone heard about it?

[mga]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Many vendors offer rebuild kits for these. I heard rumor Ricoh is also planning to do it. Has anyone heard about it?

Ricoh UK tried a year or so ago they stopped very quickly they are cheap and a waste of time and money just use the 04 drums in both models cheaper than 03

[OCParts&Toners]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Many vendors offer rebuild kits for these. I heard rumor Ricoh is also planning to do it. Has anyone heard about it?

If you have the time, of course using a rebuild kit is a great way of saving money. Why waste a perfectly good drum unit if only the charge roller is worn out etc.

The issue is, is getting hold of genuine original ricoh parts and not the cheap Chinese stuff.

If you could get hold of original components, ie drum cylinder, lube bar, charge roller etc would you buy them?

[UNICORNico]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Many vendors offer rebuild kits for these. I heard rumor Ricoh is also planning to do it. Has anyone heard about it?

Katun has re-construction Kit's that work quite well, if it is by customers who are very sybaritic (tingty) with the theme of prices for repairs.
They do not have them for all models, but of the few times they have tried, at the moment they have yielded good quality / price.

[skynetto]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

I buy only the AD027050 charge roller for the 03/04 series (My parts pusher classifies this as compatible). Ricoh will never admit is their product but the box has all the Ricoh stuff in. QR Code/SN ecc.


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You can see the Ricoh sticker in the background

[mga]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

You will find the only one part in the rebuild kit is the charge roller that's common

[AL parts]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

I buy only the AD027050 charge roller for the 03/04 series (My parts pusher classifies this as compatible). Ricoh will never admit is their product but the box has all the Ricoh stuff in. QR Code/SN ecc.


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You can see the Ricoh sticker in the background

How is this quality?

[AL parts]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

I buy only the AD027050 charge roller for the 03/04 series (My parts pusher classifies this as compatible). Ricoh will never admit is their product but the box has all the Ricoh stuff in. QR Code/SN ecc.


[ATTACH=CONFIG]46300[/ATTACH]

You can see the Ricoh sticker in the background

Is this the real label?AD027050.jpg

[copier tech]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Is this the real label?[ATTACH=CONFIG]46351[/ATTACH]

The ones I get direct from Ricoh are in a bigger box, then inside that box they are in a clear plastic inner case.

[Dark Helmet]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Ricoh UK tried a year or so ago they stopped very quickly they are cheap and a waste of time and money just use the 04 drums in both models cheaper than 03

Can you take a MP C3004 PCDU and put it into a MPC3003? Are you just doing the drum or entire unit?

Thx

[copier tech]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Can you take a MP C3004 PCDU and put it into a MPC3003? Are you just doing the drum or entire unit?

Thx

Only the PCU, dev wont fit without a mod & as the devs go way past PM life I fit the correct one if needed.

XX04 drums are significantly cheaper than XX03 yet are identical.

[Dark Helmet]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Only the PCU, dev wont fit without a mod & as the devs go way past PM life I fit the correct one if needed.

XX04 drums are significantly cheaper than XX03 yet are identical.

Thanks, most of my DV units have had the gears on the back fail and then the mag roller stops turning. I seldom get the drum to make 400k but most of mine are MPC5503 that are high use but low page count per job.

Ill check into the drums!

*Edit*
MPC3503 drum D1862218 is $586
MPC3504 drum D2392242 is $644

Guess Canada has different pricing!

[copier tech]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

Thanks, most of my DV units have had the gears on the back fail and then the mag roller stops turning. I seldom get the drum to make 400k but most of mine are MPC5503 that are high use but low page count per job.

Ill check into the drums!

*Edit*
MPC3503 drum D1862218 is $586
MPC3504 drum D2392242 is $644

Guess Canada has different pricing!

Yes I see, so not much saving in it to worry about.

[mga]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

As for dev units the mpc3003 3503 4503 5503 6003 series are all the same but the new mpc3004 3504 are different to 4504 5504 6004

[Gift]

Re: 03/04 drum rebuild kits

I tried a few kits of the "1st gen" offers - wasn't happy with them, because I had streaks on the prints because the "candle-ish wax" bar was crap, adding too much material on the OPC surface. I probably got some 10k prints prints until the refurbished units startet failing. I just had a few test customers running those kits so no big deal.

Now there is a new variant of kits available including a chalk-based wax bar like the original and I'm currently testing them. So far so good but it's too soon to recommend them.

For quality demanding customers I also use the MPC3xx4 drum for the MPC3xx3 series.