BP70C55

[Tonerkiller]

Has anyone rebuilt one of these fusers yet? Is the belt kit a BP-FB700?

[mloudy]

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I hope you figure it out. TD says the BP-FB700 is "End of Life". My Sharp rep told me TD has been telling dealers that some new products not yet in their system is mistakenly flagged as "End of Life.

I sent this to my rep and asked if it was correct:
My Service Manuals list them asfollows:
BP-FB700 Fusing Belt Unit forthe COLOR SERIES
BP-FB702 Fusing Belt Unit forthe MONO SERIES

I was told the 702 is the corrent one for both. Haven't rebuilt one yet to know if the 702 is really for both. I can find no documentation for the 702 subbing for the 700 either.

[ron67601]

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Haven't rebuilt one yet but it is BP-FB700 Belt Kit and BP-LH700 Pressure Roller Kit.

[ridgemill]

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BP-FB703 is the new PN in the updated handy guide.

[driving lots of miles]

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I found that in the latest parts book both fusers have the same part number for the complete fuser. However in the service manuals they are still showing different numbers? I have rebuilt one of each so far but i had the original numbers. When I went to reorder the belt part my supplier told me they were both the same now and shipped me the BP-FB700

[mloudy]

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BP-FB703 is the new PN in the updated handy guide.

That number is not in the system yet in the US. I don't think the US has a BP Handy Guide either.

[ron67601]

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Why would they change the belt unit to a different number when the original part doesn't have any problems? Did they make a bad part so they can sell more. Just asking.

[nanohitmen]

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We were told by Tom Jones just to replaced the whole fuser and not bother doing the rebuild on these. What did your rep tell you guys?

[mloudy]

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We haven't been told to not rebuild them and replace them with new.

Now I need to look up the new cost vs the refurb cost. Some fusers it makes sense to not rebuild based on the cost.

[ihatefinishers13]

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We haven't been told to not rebuild them and replace them with new.

Now I need to look up the new cost vs the refurb cost. Some fusers it makes sense to not rebuild based on the cost.

It was a pretty substantial cost difference when we first checked it out.

I would love to do that every time, especially because the process to rebuild it is quite in-depth.

Mentioned it to our rep, Brad, and he said "yeah but you get everything in the kit!" but then WHY is it SO EXPENSIVE to buy the whole thing? Paying 200 for the frame pretty much? Garbage.

I'd rather rebuild a Polaris series fuser over the BPs.

[mloudy]

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We may have the same rep.

I figured it is $120.00 less to rebuild which includes one hour of labor. I may be missing some bearings though as I haven't actaully opened any of the kits. It may make sense to scrap any fuser that codes out and is aged.

The fuser as a supply item is cheaper than the part by $30.57.

[nanohitmen]

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If you've ever worked on the Ricoh MP series I swear these BP's are just Ricoh's with Sharp Covers. The ADF rollers are now a pain to replace vs the MX-5071's, The fuser is a hassle compare to the previous gen. Our manager just agreed with Tom and was like F it just order the whole unit. Because some of our clients are over 60 mins away they don't want us spending most of our day at just 1 call. But on the plus side we did have a lot of issues with the previous gen. of fusers with H codes, fusers barely making it to 60k prints. We rolled out the BP's and we haven't really have any calls.

[driving lots of miles]

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My costs show 200.00 less to rebuild which includes one hour of labor. My main concern with these fusers is that the fuser belt wanders off to the side destroying themselves. Even on the brand new machines I make sure to do the meandering adjustment before and after delivery. The last new machine I set up was way off on the adjustment.

[nanohitmen]

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My costs show 200.00 less to rebuild which includes one hour of labor. My main concern with these fusers is that the fuser belt wanders off to the side destroying themselves. Even on the brand new machines I make sure to do the meandering adjustment before and after delivery. The last new machine I set up was way off on the adjustment.

oh damn, gonna start checking on that,thanks for the tip.

[Tonerkiller]

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I hope you figure it out. TD says the BP-FB700 is "End of Life". My Sharp rep told me TD has been telling dealers that some new products not yet in their system is mistakenly flagged as "End of Life.

I sent this to my rep and asked if it was correct:
My Service Manuals list them asfollows:
BP-FB700 Fusing Belt Unit forthe COLOR SERIES
BP-FB702 Fusing Belt Unit forthe MONO SERIES

I was told the 702 is the corrent one for both. Haven't rebuilt one yet to know if the 702 is really for both. I can find no documentation for the 702 subbing for the 700 either.

Yes, we were confused then gave the run around, ended up getting a new fuser with pn DUNTW1250DS18. The 18th version? hopefully this one works better. The two that failed ended in 14 for the part number.
Thank you