Re: Diagnosing and fixing a faulty Disk II drive

[Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>]

On 27 fév, 02:51, EricN <e...@neilsonhart.com> wrote:
> I have a Disk II drive that is giving me some problems.  When my Apple
> is first powered up and I run some standard disk alignment tests, I
> will get read/write errors in the drive.  However, after the drive has
> warmed up, the tests will pass 100%.
>
> Drive speed is right at 300 rpm and I've cleaned the read/write head.
> My thought is that the stepper motor might be a little sticky until it
> warms up and maybe needs some lubrication but this is total
> speculation on my part.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  If it's a
> sticky motor, what kind of lubricant is safe?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric

If that may help, read section 3, especially page 3.3 on the
lubrication:

http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/documentation/diskii/disk_procedures_19820831.pdf

Antoine