Brother MFC5890CN Service Manual page 227

Assembling Note: First mount the PE actuator on the gear holder and then set the spring
back into place, using the following steps.
1) Fit either one of the bosses on the PE actuator into the hole in the gear holder, pull the
PE actuator outward, and fit the other one.
Engine unit
(placed upside down)
2) Lift up the front end of the PE actuator. After fitting the short end of the PE actuator
spring into the groove provided in the gear holder, set the spring back into place, and
then fit the long end into the groove in the PE actuator.
Fit the long end of the
PE actuator spring into
the groove.
PE actuator spring
Fit the short end of the
PE actuator spring into
the groove.
PE actuator spring
Bosses
Gear
holder
PE actuator
Gear holder
6-72
PE actuator
Engine unit
(placed upside down)
(PE actuator_3)
(PE actuator_2)
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