6 Nov
2013
6 Nov
'13
7:21 a.m.
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 12:38 AM, rescue <rescue at hawkmountain.net> wrote:
Checked my VT103... one capstan is a train wreck...
the other doesn't look
to bad, but I bet that if it was attempted to be used it would die quick.
I would not recommend using either one.
I've read about the use on different drives about
tubing, etc to fix
capstans....
Yes.
Anyone done a T58 here ? Can you let me know what
materials I need and
process to replace "goo precursor" with tubing/etc ?
I don't have a lathe, machine tools, etc available to me (beyond files, a
dremel, etc).
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2007-August/044802.html
I just used ordinary Tygon tubing, 1/2" ID, ISTR. You clean off the old
rubber from the brass bit in the middle, cut a slice of tubing about 1/4"
thick, then fit it over the brass and trim any rough edges with an
X-Acto knife so nothing snags the tape. I might have put a drop of
superglue at the Tygon-brass junction to keep it from wandering.
You might have to replace the tubing a couple of times a decade
if it gets inflexible.
-ethan