4 Mar
2024
4 Mar
'24
11:34 p.m.
Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> writes:
It is quite possible to put a touch of watch oil on
the shaft of an
older drive (without opening it) to quiet the bearings and
re-libricate the grease. I'm still running RD54's and RD53's without
much of an issue, firing them up every few months seems to keep them
happy.
All the RD53s that I've owned have died, but every RD54 is still
working. One of them has developed a bearing whine that occurs for a
few seconds once every couple of hours, though, and I'd like to try
oiling the lower bearing. However, the circuit board is in the way.
Do you have experience with taking that off to get at the end of the
shaft? Are there gotchas under there, like flimsy connectors that will
break when you try to lift the board?
-tih
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