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- From: Jason <tmr@cosine.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Permanent fix for misaligned 1541!
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 96 01:40:33 GMT
- Organization: Cosine Systems
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- Peter Schepers (schepers@dcs1.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
-
- : One other thing I did to my drive was to replace the head-stop (old
- : white-case drive) with a stop made of bent spring metal, 1/16 thick. If
- : you can find a spring tough enough that you can't bend it too easily with
- : needle-nose pliers, cut enough of it so you can form the shape of the
- : present head-stop, and replace it. Not only is the force of the "head
- : rattle" less, but it is much quieter. I never had any more alignment
- : problems after that, and I didn't need to krazy-glue the thing on the
- : motor.
-
- I seem to remember a kit was on sale circa 1986/7 to do a similar thing.
- Someone I knew told me that it was a bad idea, because eventually the spring
- would stretch (only minutely, but enough) and throw the alignment out.
-
- How long have you been using the drive like this? I'd like to know if the
- story I heard is bunk but it did come from a pretty reputable source...
-
- Jason =-)
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