I need to clean the under-side of the Scanner Glass in a Brother MFC-5460CN
AIO.
This is the link to their User's Guide:
http://solutions.brother.com/Library.../ug/index.html
It doesn't have anything about how to get to the under-side of the glass.
Does anyone have or know where I get some sort of disassembly guide to
getting under there?
TIA.

--
Geo. Salisbury
Long Valley, NJ

"GSalisbury" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I need to clean the under-side of the Scanner Glass in a Brother
> MFC-5460CN AIO.
> This is the link to their User's Guide:
>
> http://solutions.brother.com/Library.../ug/index.html
> It doesn't have anything about how to get to the under-side of the glass.
> Does anyone have or know where I get some sort of disassembly guide to
> getting under there?
> TIA.
>
> --
> Geo. Salisbury
> Long Valley, NJ
>
>

I know it's not good form to reply to your own post...
but I forgot to include that I had some exchanges with Bother Support about
the cleaning I needed to do and "they" said they couldn't help take it to a
repair shop - that didn't seem necessary to me.
Thx.
Geo.

On 9/12/2010 1:27 AM, GSalisbury wrote:
>
> "GSalisbury" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:idmj6s$nqe$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I need to clean the under-side of the Scanner Glass in a Brother
>> MFC-5460CN AIO.
>> This is the link to their User's Guide:
>>
>> http://solutions.brother.com/Library.../ug/index.html
>>
>> It doesn't have anything about how to get to the under-side of the glass.
>> Does anyone have or know where I get some sort of disassembly guide to
>> getting under there?
>> TIA.
>>
>> --
>> Geo. Salisbury
>> Long Valley, NJ
>>
>>
>
> I know it's not good form to reply to your own post...
> but I forgot to include that I had some exchanges with Bother Support
> about the cleaning I needed to do and "they" said they couldn't help
> take it to a repair shop - that didn't seem necessary to me.
> Thx.
> Geo.

I don't own a brother but have cleaned the glass of my old umax. Took
the screws out from the bottom and the top came off, all the mechanics
stayed located in the bottom half.

If a repair shop can clean it then you are quite capable of he same.
Don't be afraid to try.

"Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 9/12/2010 1:27 AM, GSalisbury wrote:
>>
>> "GSalisbury" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:idmj6s$nqe$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I need to clean the under-side of the Scanner Glass in a Brother
>>> MFC-5460CN AIO.
>>> This is the link to their User's Guide:
>>>
>>> http://solutions.brother.com/Library.../ug/index.html
>>>
>>> It doesn't have anything about how to get to the under-side of the
>>> glass.
>>> Does anyone have or know where I get some sort of disassembly guide to
>>> getting under there?
>>> TIA.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Geo. Salisbury
>>> Long Valley, NJ
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I know it's not good form to reply to your own post...
>> but I forgot to include that I had some exchanges with Bother Support
>> about the cleaning I needed to do and "they" said they couldn't help
>> take it to a repair shop - that didn't seem necessary to me.
>> Thx.
>> Geo.
>
> I don't own a brother but have cleaned the glass of my old umax. Took the
> screws out from the bottom and the top came off, all the mechanics stayed
> located in the bottom half.
>
> If a repair shop can clean it then you are quite capable of he same. Don't
> be afraid to try.

Sorry for the delayed response - you know how it goes - and thank you for
the encouragement.
I, too, have an old UMAX flatbed (Astra 1200S) and, yes, it is easy to clean
the glass because the top comes off easily while all the scanner
mechanics/innards stay in the bottom.

The difference here is, as an AIO, the scanner mechanics are in the part
that would have to be attacked in order to get the the glass.
The ADF lifts out of the way to allow a flatbed scan and then that part can
be lifted out of the way to expose some paper paths and USB/Ethernet
connections etc..
It is that flatbed part that needs to be disassembled.
I'm not opposed to digging in there I'm just leery about not knowing what to
expect.
I'd hate "break" the thing because some spring-loaded clip lets go or some
alignment gets thrown off ....

That's why I'm seeking (if available) some sort of disassembly guide/parts
explosion etc.

Maybe I'll just have to chance it - they don't cost that much to replace if
necessary.
Thanks again.
Geo.