Re: The end is nigh...

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In <s195sc3w165w@tlp.apana.org.au> peterm@tlp.apana.org.au (Peter Maloney) writes:
<Depends where the noise is coming from... it could well be the 
<anti-static brush that rubs on the end of the main spindle. After a few 
<years some of them get noisy. If so, you have two options. Either remove 
<the brush or replace it. Trying to re-set it take more than a little luck 
<for success...   *<8o)X

Um.. I don't advocate this, but it CAN work (It's working on my old
Sider...)  take a SMALL dab of silicone lubricant and slip it under
the brush.  It's <apparently> kept my sider in business for the last
three years...

Lurch