Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Repairing Bent Plastic Parts

Pictured below is a bent paper-out sensor toggle/flag in a Lexmark T630.


It's often possible to repair that sort of thing by heating the part with a lighter or a heat gun and straightening it. I did that to the pictured part and got a reasonably good result, like so.


You have to take great care not to overdo the heat. The plastic needs to be heated just to the point where it can be nudged back to its correct shape, but no hotter -- too much heat is likely to spoil the job.

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