Ricoh B234 Service Manual page 1317

To remove the Rear, Drive Side, and Paper Guide Aligner Assembly. This is the large
Step 10:
Sheet Metal Assembly within the StreamPunch that actually contains the Green Belt
Aligner itself.
IMPORTANT: Walk the Belt off of the Aligner Pulley at the rear.
A. Remove the "2" screws that hold the Block to the Frame. Now – the Coupler is
loose and the Rear Panel will come out.
B. Remove the "6" Screws that secure the face of this Assembly.
C. Remove the "2" Screws that secure this Assembly from the top.
D.
Pull and walk the entire sheet metal assembly of the Paper Guide Aligner up and outward.
You can grab the Assembly at the Roller cut out with your fingers.
The Helical coupling is very delicate, be gentle.
NOTE:
In order to access these screws, you must first remove the Die Set Storage Shelf and
NOTE:
the Cable Shield attached to the Die Storage Shelf at the paper entrance side.
Moving the Die Storage Shelf aside will enable better access to the "2" screws with a
short (7" or less) Phillips Screw Driver.
E. Bend in the Tab of the frame near the middle, front area to allow enough clearance
to work the sheet metal Paper Guide Aligner Assembly out.
IMPORTANT: As you do this, disconnect the Sensor harness behind the Assembly
as soon as you are able to reach it.
Before you remove the Green Belt Aligner Roller Assembly from the sheet metal paper
Step 11:
guide, observe the perfectly flush surfaces of the Green Belt Aligner Roller Assembly to
the sheet metal surface of the Rear, Drive Side, Paper Guide Aligner Assembly. Hold a
straight edge like a 12"metal ruler across the surface of the sheet metal face and the
metal (w/o a belt) Green Belt Aligner Roller itself. Note that the two metal surfaces are
flush.
ALIGNER DRIVE
BELT ASSY
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