27 Mar
2015
27 Mar
'15
5:42 a.m.
I'm in the process of fixing a floppy drive mechanism. I had to replace the heads on
the drive with a NOS part and
I need to re-glue the head carriage assembly to the band that attaches to the head
stepper motor. The original
adhesive is a clear blue glue of some sort, I suppose similar to loctite. Anyone know
what this stuff is? It seems like
it's come up before, but I'm not sure.
What is the make and model of the drive?
Are you sure it needs to be glued? On every drive I've worked on the band is kept
under tension by a
spring in the head carrage (maybe a leaf spring on the end), the ends of the band are
fixed by hooks or
screws. There may have been some glue originally to keep it in place during american
football/shipping,
but it isn't necessary IMHO. I've rebuilt a fair number of positioners and never
put any glue on them.
-tony