Replace roller rubber on HP 9825 tape drive

At 04:32 AM 6/17/05 -0700, you wrote: That's what I've used. Any There are two problems with HS. One is that it's usually been MOL flattened and when you install it and shrink it in place the creases will always cause two ripples (yes, even if it wasn't squished completely flat). Sometimes the reader will still read and other times it won't due to the erratic speed. I used two layers of HS and staggered the creases 90d apart, that helps minimize the problem. The other problem is that the HS material really isn't very good for a tape drive. It's too hard and doesn't have a lot of traction and it also wears badly. I found the reader full of red dust around only a few uses. I used red heat shrink, it seemed to work better than the other types that I tried but YMMV. It works but it's far to do all the shrinking on the side nearest the heat source and that causes one side to be thicker than the other. You have to shrink it slowly and carefully and keep rotating it as you do. If you try it let me know how it works for you. Joe Festival --- http://www.vintage.org ] http://marketplace.vintage.org ]