Dell c1760nw Clean main mechanics cleaning and making it work

crwdns2936071:01crwdne2936071:0 — Remove error 007-371

Does your Dell C1760nw ( and some other LED/laserprinter models) show you incessantly the error 007-371? Then this repair guide is made for you!

crwdns2936071:02crwdne2936071:0 — Remove the paper tray

Remove the front paper tray by slightly bending it carefully and angling it to release the peg from the hinge slot.

crwdns2936071:03crwdne2936071:0 — Remove front housing parts

Remove the bar at the top and the front. (It snaps out with a little effort.)

crwdns2936071:04crwdne2936071:0 — Remove TopCase

Remove two srews from the front. And to take off the cover leverage remove the tabs diagonally from the front over the latching.

crwdns2936071:05crwdne2936071:0 — Continued: Remove TopCase

Carefully lift the cover (Attention: cable connection to the display is hanging there) and rack it to the back of the printer (move it back and forth to unhook the locking nipple): unplug the display connector (yellow lines) from the I/O board, unroute the cable and remove the cover.

crwdns2936071:06crwdne2936071:0 — Remove left housing part

Place the printer on the right side and remove the left side panel (there are 2 lugs under the printer)

crwdns2936071:07crwdne2936071:0 — Next: Remove the left housing part

Reposition the printer and hold the disengaged lugs in the disengaged position. Open the rear flap and slide the side panel backwards while moving away from the printer.

crwdns2936071:08crwdne2936071:0 — Remove the WLAN card

The WLAN card is secured with a screw-> remove it, carefully unplug the WLAN card and remove the WLAN bracket together with the cable

crwdns2936071:09crwdne2936071:0 — Remove I / O card

Loosen all connectors (pull plugs carefully out of sockets)

crwdns2936071:010crwdne2936071:0 — Remove metal plate (beneath I / O card)

The metal plate under the I/O card (which holds the I/O card) is secured with 3 screws. Remove all 3 screws

crwdns2936071:011crwdne2936071:0 — Remove the fan

The fan is secured to this plate with a screw (red arrow): Loosen the screw and unlock the locking device on the other side of the fan.

crwdns2936071:012crwdne2936071:0 — Unroute wiring harnesses

Unroute all cable harnesses on the left side from the guides.

crwdns2936071:013crwdne2936071:0 — Remove other components

A) Remove plastic bracket with gear for paper feed (2 screws) - No photo!

crwdns2936071:014crwdne2936071:0 — B) Remove main drive

Loosen 4 screws

crwdns2936071:015crwdne2936071:0 — C) Remove board with color control

Carefully pull the upper flexible cable out of the base

crwdns2936071:016crwdne2936071:0 — Remove the color control gear

Next, we remove the color control gear (black, large plastic bracket with 15 meshing gears (5 screws have to be loosened).

crwdns2936071:017crwdne2936071:0 — Washing the gearwheels ...

Washing the gearwheels.

crwdns2936071:018crwdne2936071:0 — First success

The "before / after" evidence ;-)

crwdns2936071:019crwdne2936071:0 — Second success

And once again: before and after

crwdns2936071:020crwdne2936071:0 — Clean the chassis

Now the chassis should be cleaned (only for the good feeling! and because of the care...)

crwdns2936071:021crwdne2936071:0 — After assembly

The assembly is done in reverse order... Until the printer only needs the right and front housing part plus the paper flap.