Re: What kind of grease for floppy drive mechanism?

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Jason Whorton" <Please Reply To Newsgroup> wrote
>
> *********
> 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.
>

I use what I have, which is some moly grease for auto wheel bearings.  I use
a toothpick to apply it to the worm gear. For the other latching and sliding
parts, I use a tiny bit of lube for my bike chain, which has teflon in it.
I apply that with a toothpick too.

These external drives don't get very dirty, since they don't have a cooling
fan sucking air thru them like internal drives, so you don't have to worry
much about dust.

The main problem I've seen is the old grease hardening to a sort of glue.  I
don't think wheel bearing grease is going to do that.
-Paul