Looking for video (or photos) depicting how to remove ASR 33 printer from keyboard

[Curious Marc]

Bill,

Misprinted characters could also come from a shoe not set properly on a rail, or the print head needing oiling. I had both problems on mine. I think it’s this video here https://youtu.be/x_Di7KpHubc . You need to remove the carriage, which can be done without removing the printer.

Also the H piece is a pain in the arse. Note that there is a direction to it, it’s not symmetric. Pay attention of which direction the long side is when you remove it, and make sure to put it back the same way. 

Also one of the side plates in between which the H is held has a spring, the other does not. To get it out (and back in), you want to push the H and compress that spring, using a long screwdriver in the slot of the H made just for that. Should be easy enough.

Putting it back is the tough part. I eventually was able to do it in seconds using a long pair of forceps to hold the H in the correct position, and the aforementioned long screwdriver to do the pushing. With screwdriver alone it’s possible but very frustrating and takes many trials.

Marc

> On Apr 13, 2021, at 4:41 AM, Bill Degnan via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 2:19 AM steven--- via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Bill said
>>> I am looking for a video or photos that show how one removes the printer
>>> from the keyboard safely on an ASR 33.  I need to get to the underside of
>>> the printer levers so I can re-align them.  I am getting incorrect
>>> characters when I type over half of the keys.  I can see that a few
>> levers
>>> are out of whack or not seated correctly but I believe to get to them
>>> properly I need to put the printer on its side or under a lift to get to
>>> the underside.  I am nervous about detaching the "H" shaped gizmo that
>>> connects the keyboard to the printer.
>> 
>> This video, Part 2 of a series by Jerry Walker seems to cover removing the
>> keyboard
>> from the printer pretty thoroughly, including how to take out the H piece:
>>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6VoPIp_wd4
>> 
>> Also I think Marc's videos cover it too.
>> 
>> Steve.
>> 
> 
> Thanks.  I watched Marc's videos to understand how to fix after removing
> the keyboard.
> 
> Part 2 of Jerry Walker's set does have useful info.  Thanks for saving me
> some reasearch time.
> 
> Bill
> 
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