It has been some time since I worked on 3350s, but I believe the described fault which lead to head crashes was an air filter somewhere in the HDA assembly which eventually deteriorated and got onto the platters. I also recall the 3380s had problems with the checkstops in the HDA deteriorating, thereby causing head crashes, and the 3350s may have exhibited this as well.
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