Goo, foam, bacteria, cleaning, etc...

[Josef Chessor <josefcub@usa.net>]

Hey all,

	On a related topic to the splotchy disk drives, dead foam, and other
things, I've got a small question.  What about the drive-belts in the
5.25" drives?  Similar belts, in record players, other disk drives (CBM
1541, Atari 520ST SSDD 3.5), 8track players and countless other sources
have what I call a 'meltdown' somewhere in their advanced age...  I have
gotten numerous devices where the internal belt driving the motor/disk
has 'melted' into a weird pile of sticky black goo.  An Atari I was
given did it, an old 8-track, and my favorite linear-tracking vinyl
player all had this problem.  Has anyone ever encountered this problem
with Apple drives/equiptment?  I found though, that the easiest solution
was a rubber band... Both the vinyl player and 8-track responded to
this, and my Atari drive keeps throwing the band, but otherwise it
mostly works...  Anyone have any thoughts or experience on the subject? 

Josef