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Restore/change paper feed rollers
Hello
I have a Rooy B44 machine, the rubber paper feed rollers (small roller under the big roller/platter) are cooked, they crumble, even the very small ones which are between the widest...
I read things on the forum that the best solution is to send the roll to JJ Short Associates, but I don't want that solution...
Also, the machine looks quite a bit like the Underwood 2, 5, 6, 10, in short, the first big Underwood...
So do you have any other ideas to change/restore it's rollers?
THANKS
- Pete E.
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
I hear folks use small-sized rubber tubing from auto-stores...
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- OlivWriter
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
That's an idea, thanks Pete E 
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If anyone else has other ideas, I'm interested 
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
Hi OW
I have used 3/16" Tygon small engine fuel line for the feed rollers on a 1937 Remington 5 Streamline with good success. Careful measurement of the metal roller core will tell you the inside diameter of line or hose required. Trial and error will tell you the best outside diameter.
Hope this points you in the right direction,
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
Thank you Skywatcher, yes, it is true that this must be carefully measured, so that the diameter of the center corresponds to the metal support...
However, does it matter that the outer diameter is not the same as the original one (not smaller obviously, but larger) ?
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
Hi Again
As long as the tubing clears the slots in the paper tray and the rollers turn freely, it will work. When I tried using 3/16" braided neoprene fuel line for this application, the outside diameter was slightly larger and the rollers would not clear the slots in the paper tray, so it wouldn't work.
The braided fuel line would clear the slots in the paper tray when I first checked it for size, but once pressed onto the metal core, it would not. The fuel line was a snug fit onto the core, and sliding it over the core expanded just enough for it not to work. Hope this makes sense,
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
Thank you skywatcher for the precise information and it was very clear...
I'm going to look into getting a fuel line for my rollers.
And also, there doesn't seem to be this on portable machines (but I can't be sure), but on my Rooy B44, there are small and very thin rollers between the larger rollers , what are the smaller rolls for, because they don't touch the paper ?
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Thread Starter- M. Höhne
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
OlivWriter wrote:
.... snip ...., there are small and very thin rollers between the larger rollers , what are the smaller rolls for, because they don't touch the paper ?
Spacers
- OlivWriter
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I'm talking about its small rollers (I doubt that they are spacers, because there are other small parts with this function), the photo comes from the site la-machine-à-écrire.com and shows the little rubbers :
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Thread Starter- thetypewriterman
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Re: Restore/change paper feed rollers
Those are rubber spacers to stop the paper pan from rattling. You can easily replace these with automotive tubing and the size does not have to be exactly the same.
