I have simply opened and physically moved the disk counter clockwise a turn, in a clean dust-free place. Or try putting in an oven on warm for 3 minutes a side, all four sides to loosen the grease. Might sound crazy but these have worked for me before Bill
On Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 10:18 PM Zane Healy via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > 20+ years ago, I remember people talking about disassembling these to fix > the issue. I’ve never tried. Though I have one or two that might benefit > from is. If the CLASSICCMP archives from ’97-2000 are online, I’d > recommend running a search against them. > > Zane > > > > > > On Sep 19, 2021, at 3:58 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok, so out of the basement came a Micrapolis 1325 (the old Dec RD53 > disk) with what appears to be stuck heads. Rotor tries to move under power > but can only take out slack. Will move backwards a bit. > > > > Is this stuck head, and what would be the best way to free it? The > reason I'm asking is this disk had a SA1000 adapter mounted under it so I > am pretty sure it was a PERQ disk. Which means data may be priceless. And > of course it's stuck. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > CZ > > > >
