Date   : Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:54:07 +0200
From   : "Mark Usher" <marku@...>
Subject: Re: Disk Drive Problem

Hi

> Perhaps you need some sort of lubricant? Normally, moving parts of disk
> drives are lubricated with some kind of grease, and this
> gradually dries over
> time, resulting in sticky heads and the like.
In fact I just received a mail - purely by coincidence descriping this:

> From: Leigh Preece [mailto:leigh@...]
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I'm slowly percervering (sp!) with my newly adopted BBC B'. Its got the
Solidisk DFS installed - which works very well. Here's a hint for people who
have adopted old disk drives that seem to work but sound very rough.

1) Disconnect the drive from the machine totally,
2) Put a small pad of cotton wool to cover the heads.
3) Sparingly spray a small amount of silicon spray over the mechanism -
especially the part that moves the heads back and forth.
4) Leave for about 10 mins.
5) Remove the cotton wool and clean the heads, either with cleaning fluid on
a cotton bud or with a non-abrasive cleaning disk.

Hey presto - one rejuvanted BBC 5.25 disk drive - or twin in my case !
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Mark