Image forming apparatus, method of manufacturing image forming apparatus, and method of disassembling image forming apparatus

A method of manufacturing an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

• a first step of providing a first member having a first face, a first protrusion projecting from the first face, a second protrusion formed in a position apart from the first protrusion and projecting from the first face, and a groove portion formed in the first face;
• a second step of providing a second member having a second face provided with a first hole and a second hole;
• a third step of, after the first step and the second step, inserting the first protrusion into the first hole and the second protrusion into the second hole and superposing the second face on the first face so that the groove portion located between the first member and the second member is in a visible state;
• and
• a fourth step of, after the third step, deforming the first protrusion inserted in the first hole to fix the second member to the first member so that the second face is sandwiched between a part of the first protrusion and the first face,
• wherein the first member and the second member are fastened to each other to form a frame configured to support an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording material, and
• wherein the second hole in which the second protrusion has been inserted has a gap between the second hole and the second protrusion in an extending direction of the groove portion.