Re: Apple //c+ Disk Drive Repair

[Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> Also, many lubricants tend to spread, "wetting" surfaces with
> lubricant as they go.  This causes more dirt accumulation and
> can get into places where lubricant should not be.  This is a
> good reason to prefer grease to oil, and is another reason to
> go _very lightly_ with lubricants.

I've had better results with a Molybdene based lubricant than with any
kind of grease or oil. Simply putting some dry Molybdene Sulfide (that's
what I think it was) on that "spiral disk" in the Disk ][ made thinds
slike as nicely as... erm.... *censored*

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Linards Ticmanis

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