Re: What kind of grease for floppy drive mechanism?

["Jason Whorton" <Please Reply To Newsgroup>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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Jason Whorton wrote:

>Hello.  I have an Apple 3.5 Drive disassembled.  It is the 800K,
>external, platinum, 3.5" drive.  On some of the sliding parts, there is
>some sort of grease.  I was thinking I might remove the old grease and
>put on new grease.  It's not dried up.  I am just thinking more along
>the lines of preventive maintenance.
>    What kind of grease do I need to get, and can I get it at Radio
>Shack?
>    Does anyone have any tips on re-greasing?

The first rule of maintenance is:  "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
;-)

Seriously, if the grease is still grease and is not too dirty,
leave it alone.  There are lots of bad things that can happen
in the process of cleaning and re-greasing a disk drive, and
it isn't worth it for one that's working.

Now that you know how to take it apart, you know that you
can work on it if and when it needs it.  ;-)

(BTW, Tony Diaz has an article on cleaning and relubricating
an 800K drive on his website.)

-michael

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Hi.  I just read that article maybe 2 minutes ago.  :-)  That's funny.
    I am not wanting to disassemble it that far.  I was just wanting to
hit the parts that can be seen by taking the case apart.  I have two new
1.44MB internal mechanisms on the way, so I am going to be pulling the
800K mechanisms out to save in case I ever need them for some of my
other 800K drives.  I have a 3.5 (1.44MB) card, so I am converting 800K
drives to 1.44MB drives.  I thought before I put them in a zip-loc bag,
I would re-grease the easy-to-get-to parts.

Thank you,
Jason Whorton