3 Feb
2004
3 Feb
'04
9:22 a.m.
At 11:23 AM 2/3/04 -0800, you wrote:
Just so you don't feel alone, lots of HP tape drive
capstan rubber sleeves
that are over twenty years old show the same "attribute" of "melting"
- I've
repaired several of the critters.
I suggest you find some quality rubber tubing which matches as closley as
possible the specs. of the original rubber and use a good rubber/metal
glue -
usually black and very "sticky" (essential
for HP high speed drives).
I use super glue and it works fine. Just use it very sparingly. If you
use too much it will get on the outside of the roller and make it slick. I
use a drop that's smaller than the head of a pin and let it wick into the
joint.
Joe
Lyle
On Tuesday 03 February 2004 10:40, Witchy wrote:
Hi folks,
I've seen this phenomenon on the likes of printers etc but I've never seen
it on a tape drive. Basically the rubber that used to surround the wheel
that controls FF/REW/Play functions on the tapedeck in my newly acquired
Sharp MZ80B has melted to a sticky black compound that's run down the
housing and gummed up the tape wheels.
Pix at
http://www.wowrarelook.co.uk/DSCF5821.JPG (244k) front of housing showing
icky stuff
http://www.wowrarelook.co.uk/DSCF5812.JPG (27k) control wheel
Note shiny surfaces where there shouldn't be shiny surfaces :)
I'd assume that the tape mechanism was a standard one but the question is,
can I still get the part seen in DSCF5812.JPG since it appears that's all
that's at fault?
Cheers as ever.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer
museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
