crock
Experienced Member
Hello gents,
I recently acquired a 'pile' of 6 Commodore IEEE drives which were stored in a barn since the late eighties. There are three 4040's and three 8050's.
All of the drives were full of dust, grease and insect remains and the cases are badly rust pitted. Nevertheless, the Shugart mechanisms in 4040's were easy to strip down and clean. As long as I didn't loosen the clamps on the stepper motor, there was no risk of affecting the alignment. Therefore I managed to get two fully working 4040's from the three. I also cleaned up and resprayed the cases so they also look in great condition now.
I would like to achieve the same with the 8050's but the Micropolis 1006-2 mechanisms seem far more complex and there seems to be relatively little that I can strip down without affecting its setup. This isn't helped by a lack of literature on the net so I'm looking for anyone who has any tips on stripping down and cleaning of these drives and maybe any procedures for setting them up correctly afterwards. I don't include the alignment in this. I would leave the stepper motor in place.
Regards,
Rob
I recently acquired a 'pile' of 6 Commodore IEEE drives which were stored in a barn since the late eighties. There are three 4040's and three 8050's.
All of the drives were full of dust, grease and insect remains and the cases are badly rust pitted. Nevertheless, the Shugart mechanisms in 4040's were easy to strip down and clean. As long as I didn't loosen the clamps on the stepper motor, there was no risk of affecting the alignment. Therefore I managed to get two fully working 4040's from the three. I also cleaned up and resprayed the cases so they also look in great condition now.
I would like to achieve the same with the 8050's but the Micropolis 1006-2 mechanisms seem far more complex and there seems to be relatively little that I can strip down without affecting its setup. This isn't helped by a lack of literature on the net so I'm looking for anyone who has any tips on stripping down and cleaning of these drives and maybe any procedures for setting them up correctly afterwards. I don't include the alignment in this. I would leave the stepper motor in place.
Regards,
Rob