Brother HL-2140 won't feed paper ... I screwed something up

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In the process of removing the solenoid pad, which was the cause of my printer constantly getting paper jams, I must have replaced some of the gears incorrectly when putting the printer back together. Now when I try to print something, the printer doesn't pick up any paper AT ALL. I'm afraid I placed some of the gears back incorrectly. I searched online for gear-placement for this printer but haven't found anything yet, which is why I'm asking for help.
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I must have replaced some of the gears incorrectly when putting the printer back together.
It’s one of these Ops moments, you should have taken Pics of the layout and marked each gear wheel with a letter or number before your started to take the unit apart..

Here is a few pics of a 1240, I don’t know if they will help you but that’s all I got, sorry..
 

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Thank you so much for your suggestion. I'm a huge noob when it comes to electronics repair, so I've learned my lesson to take pics before a tear-down.

Great news, I fixed my printer! It was actually a different issue from the gears. I forgot I took apart the "actuator assembly" before looking back at the troubleshooting section in the service manual. Re-assembled it as shown in the manual and the printer works ... hallelujah!

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That’s brilliant news, congratulation on your great success..
The paper is coming out of the printer very curled, Tip:- try turning over the paper and printing on the other side..
 

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