my press a pm/qm46 has done 48million and is on its 3rd water form. what do you mean water form is tarnished? the rubber form or the hard...
The bearings are known to fail on the metering roller on PU2? release the pressure and see if there is any play.
As they don't move once they have appeared I still believe it's blanket related & if I'm completely honest I think at the time I was also guilty...
You wont see the red screws unless you set the rollers to the plate with sf02
I suppose someone should ask, do the spots move?
I had what looks like the identical problem, I have a QM & a PM 46. It was the blanket in my case, I didn´t know till I put another blanket from...
I bet a lot of AB Dick users in the UK remember an Engineer who moved these on his own with a sack barrow & a tail lift, brings back memories.
I have a QM46 & a PM46, if your quality expectations are quite high I have seen much better results achieved on a Ryobi 3302. I can easily colour...
Try Stan, Intermountain Press Service, llc. 720-285-9485 He might have a used one, he seems very helpful.
Open top plate guard, open front door, turn handle till plate eject light flashes & then push plate eject button. Machine should be reset now.
I'd pay a bit more for a PM46, I've got both a PM46 & a QM46. I run 2 machines at the same time and the PM feed to me is definitely better.
Take it out of the machine & stripe it by eye on a flat bench.
Funny! Hi, I bought a 3302H as second machine to avoid wet trapping, but I sold it a bought a second QM, I just run the pair at the same time....
Try a little tack reducer, my QM does this sometimes.
Bulb look on Ebay 30V festoon bulbs, plenty to choose.