Fixing 8" disk hubs

I played around with the drive a bit tonight and it seems that the metal bracket that lifts the head pad when the head unloads (the one that sits opposite the head on a single-sided drive) was interfering with the hub a bit. Bending the bracket slightly fixed the problem with the disk contact. It also fixed another problem where if the drive door was snapped open, the head pad arm would come off of this bracket. -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:07 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Fixing 8" disk hubs On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Richard A. Cini wrote: Yes, there were hub protectors for 8" diskettes. I sold a bunch of Inmac ones at VCF a few years ago. Howzbout: take a dead 8" diskette, cut out the center, and cement it to the spindle hub, to extend it slightly?