Erika 8 disassembly - body panels removal

Every now and then I need to work on Erika 8 or Erika 10 and I never remember the procedure to remove the body from the mechanism.

Searching the typosphere brought no relief so I decided to describe my way - so that I don’t need to search for it again and possibly some other desperate soul can find it helpful.

Of course, one can just remove the carriage and then all becomes easy but for times when carriage removal is not necessary - here is what I do.

• Grab type-arms together, middle ones are in a way when wiggling with the body.

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• Unscrew four bolts on the underside (Erika 8)

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• Unscrew margin rack

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• Set Shift-lock, to lift the carriage. Move the carriage all the way to the right

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• It is worthwhile to put some electrical or masking tape on the back of the panel - this part which will be wiggled around the carriage. It is tight fit but with some practice one can remove the body without any scratches.
  Lift the body from space-bar up and then left side: up. Mind the back side, to clear the carriage rear extensions

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• Voila!
  Assembly in the opposite order.

This works the same on Erika 10 and probably on other Erikas with unibody, like Erika 9 or Erika 12.