Carriage (Cr) Unit Removal - Epson Stylus COLOR 1520 Service Manual

3.2.10.9 Carriage (CR) Unit Removal

1. Remove the printer mechanism unit. (Refer to Section 3.2.6.)
2. Remove the extension spring to release the timing belt. (Refer to the step 2 in Section 3.2.10.1.)
3. Disengage the timing belt from the pulley and sub pulley in the CR motor assembly.
4. Remove 2 E-rings and 2 plain washer from the both edges of the CR guide shaft.
5. If the head cleaner lever in the pump unit is locking the CR unit, push the lever down manually to
release the CR unit.
6. Remove 1 securing the head FFCs and FFC holders to the base frame assembly. Then remove the
head FFC and FFC holder from the printer mechanism unit.
7. Turn the parallelism adjust bushings joining the CR guide shaft to the right and left frame assemblies
until they fit into the cutouts on the frames. Then remove the CR unit along with the CR guide shaft.
8. Remove the CR guide shaft from the CR unit.
Rev. A
Figure 3-22. CR Unit Removal
Disassembly and Assembly
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