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| Thread ID: 108430 | 2010-03-28 08:47:00 | Where to get nylon gears for printer repair? | HornbyFlyBoy (15666) | Press F1 |
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| 870626 | 2010-03-28 08:47:00 | Hi. I have a Brother 1440 printer with two broken nylon idle gears(cogs). Where does one buy a couple of nylon gears in this country? The printer went well up til the time these two gears lost a couple of teeth each causing the first eject roller to stop working. I don't really want to spend a couple of hundred for a new printer when all is fixed with a couple of small plastic gears. Any and all help appreciated. Cheers. |
HornbyFlyBoy (15666) | ||
| 870627 | 2010-03-28 09:18:00 | Recycle centre. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 870628 | 2010-03-28 18:25:00 | If it's old enough to be going cheap, get you parts from a duplicate machine going on TradeMe. The likelihood of some retailer having just the right gear sitting on a shelf is very, very slim. You also have to wonder what caused the gears to jam and bugger those teeth... there may be wider issues to do with wear or lack of lube. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 870629 | 2010-03-28 22:06:00 | If it's old enough to be going cheap, get you parts from a duplicate machine going on TradeMe. The likelihood of some retailer having just the right gear sitting on a shelf is very, very slim. You also have to wonder what caused the gears to jam and bugger those teeth... there may be wider issues to do with wear or lack of lube. Know exactly why broke (a child playing "Postman" stuffed things that don't belong in printers into back jamming eject roller which forced the idle gears to strip on the next print. Ah, the darling children:annoyed: ) not an issue normally. Will look into the recycled parts thing I think. But as an aside, where would one go for new nylon gears???? Cheers. |
HornbyFlyBoy (15666) | ||
| 870630 | 2010-03-28 23:05:00 | Brother? | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 870631 | 2010-03-28 23:26:00 | Gears, either steel or nylon, are not normally items that would be kept in general stock, like nuts and bolts say. There are just too many variables involved in gear design. They are normally made for specific applications by gear manufacturers, so nylon gears for Brother would be made by Brother, or made for Brother by a gear manufacturer to their specifications, same for other printer manufacturers, or any other manufacturer using gears in their product. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 870632 | 2010-03-29 05:29:00 | You could try a precision machine shop, and get them to make you some, probably cost you several times the worth of the printer though :eek: Somebody like these guys? http://www.robertseng.co.nz/ |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 870633 | 2010-03-29 06:35:00 | Most plastic gears for applications such as printers will be injection molded, though they can be machined. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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