Am trying to bring back to life a Canon 5.25" drive with what looks like a stuck head carriage. Not only does the head carriage not move at all when in use (although the disk itself spins), but I'm unable to move it manually no matter how much force I apply.to it. It seems to be absolutely jammed in place. My guess is that someone has tried to lubricate it at some stage with something that has since dried up completely. Am at a bit of a loss what to do really; short of hitting it with a hammer I can't think what else I can do to get the thing to move. One thing I did establish is that by loosening the two screws at either end that hold the rails themselves in place I found I could manually rotate the rail on one side relative to the carriage but not the other. So it only seems to be jammed on one of the rails as far as I can see, but obviously that's more than enough to stop it moving.
Any suggestions? Also can someone confirm that I should be able to move the head carriage manually on a model like this?
Any suggestions? Also can someone confirm that I should be able to move the head carriage manually on a model like this?