Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:26:00 -0400 From: Russell Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have just purchased a 400k drive off of eBay with the thought of offering it up list members, many of whom contacted me in past months to say they were looking for 400k drives. However, it seems to have arrived partially DOA. It's in great outward condition, powers up (the red LED comes on) but I cannot physically insert a disk all the way in. Could the mechanism be stuck in the "down" position? I tried opening it, but the screws are some funky kind of flat-head. What kind of screw driver do I need to open an Apple 400k drive?
Back in the mid-90s I received a couple of brand new, still sealed, 400K drives in a lot of Apple Service Parts I bought at auction. It's been a long time so my memory is hazy to the exact details, but the drives had a similar problem. I couldn't insert a disk.
The problem was that the lubricant on the mechanism had turned to glue over time. The solution was not disassembly. All I had to do was gently clean off the lubricant residue with rubbing alcohol (if you can get the 95% stuff at your grocery, that's even better) and then very sparingly apply some lithium grease or light machine oil to the areas where I removed the residue. That fixed it right up. The second one was sold and shipped without ever examining it (it was still sealed, after all) and the buyer had the same problem and simple solution.
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