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Quadra 700 Floppy Drive Issue

mooxitani

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I recently picked up a Quadra 700 with a strange issue with the floppy drive. When a disk is inserted, the drive mechanism actuates before the disk is fully inserted. It then requires a second “push” to fully insert the disk. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?

https://imgur.com/a/hMDusiC
 
I seem to recall there's a two-piece latch that unlocks the loading mechanism and then trips it once the disk is far enough in. Have you cleaned and lubricated the drive recently?
 
I’ve both cleaned and lubricated the drive. I should add that this came up after solving another issue with the eject motor, so this was most likely caused by me.
 
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