Restoring old floppy drives!?

From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: Restoring old floppy drives!? To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 23:43:00 +0100 Waht do you mean by 'old'? What sort of drvies (8", 5.25" ?). I've done quite a few floppy drive repairs, 8", 5.25" nd 3.5", My methods is togive the drive a good clean (includign the heads), then put it o na drive exerciser to see which of the functions (spindle rotation, index sensor, head stepping, track 0 sensor, read/wirte, etc) work or not. Then to sort out each bit at a time. The manufacutrer's service manual is useful if you can get it, Ther are a few picturs in my flickr account (tony_duell) of a couple of 5.25" drives I've restored. It shouldgive you the general idea of what's invovled intaking one apart. -tony