Re: Apple //c+ Disk Drive Repair

[CHRIS MORSE <chris@invalid.net>]

On Sat, 17 May 2003 21:12:01 +1000, "Mark Cummings"
<NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote:

>> Thanks.. Looks like I need the 800k Floppy Drive model #661-0345
>> which I found at http://www.macparts.com/parts/ for $20/each.
>
>still a bit pricey, ebay often has them at $5US + postage. Not that I'd
>wreck a Mac desktop model but maybe a broken one could be scavenged for it's
>internal 800K floppy. these are also about $5US on e-bay, or less if they
>don't work.
>I have fixed about 95% of all 800K/1.4M floppys I've attempted by just
>taking apart, dusting and lightly lubricating.

Yeah- I'll try and do it myself.. Perhaps I can fix it..

>> Of course, the real adventure will begin when I start taking the //c+
>> apart to try and replace it.  I did notice that Creative Solutions,
>> http://members.aol.com/CreatSltn/index.html  - says they'll do repairs
>> from $39.. I sent an e-mail to him yesterday but haven't heard back
>> yet.  But now that I think I've found a replacement drive mechanism, I
>> should be able to do it myself..
>
>that's way too much, have a go yourself. If you want to be a real Apple ][
>geek you have to get your hands dirty a little :), otherwise buy yourself an
>iMac :)

Whoa!  iMac?  Please, let's keep this civil... I admit, I'm not much
of a hardware fixer-uper.. I can slap things together fine- I always
build my PC machines from parts (motherboard, cpu, memory, yadda..)
and put it together myself.  But I usually don't take components
apart.  

By the way, what do you use for lubricant? And what should be
lubricated?

Thanks for the help!
// CHRIS