On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 08:00 PM, Jeff Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Careful visual inspection of a gummed up, used 400KB drive is important. The gum makes the drive very stiff, increasing the load on nylon/plastic parts in the disk eject mechanism. Even on a well maintained drive, the plastic disk eject cam wears very badly and in such a way that disks may not eject fully.It didn't take very long to clean the thing up with alcohol and such and relub it with some light machine oil. But I would read the available archives, because they probably have more exact advice.
It's best not to lube with a mineral based oil (eg WD-40) which may degrade the plastic components that would be (almost) impossible to replace. Silicone based lubricants are easy to find nowadays and don't turn to glue as they age.
Phil --- http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/
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