Suggestions for repairing HP tape drive capstans?

I don't think you can say with complete assurance that a device is or isn't USian based on whether it has standard or metric fasteners. In the automotive industry for example, it was very common (particularly on Ford cars) that all fasteners on the engines were metric, way back into the early 1980s, whereas everything else on the car was standard. These days I think most all car fasteners are metric. That said, it is very common for standard measurements to be used in mechanical designs these days. ________________________________ From: Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Sent: Mon, April 19, 2010 2:11:39 PM Subject: Re: Suggestions for repairing HP tape drive capstans? Indeed. Some others that I have seen E = England J = Japan K = Korea (The last 2 I've seen on monitors made by NEC and Samsung respectively, but badged HP. They have an HP style serial number.) I've alsoe heard that 'Q' was used for England at one point, but I have never come across this. Getting back to tape drives, the units I'ev looked at are, indeed made in England (with an 'E' in the serial number). I've also just stuck a ruler on the metal hub of the capstan from the 9144, it measures 15mm, and is considerably more that 1/2". Of coruse a ruler is not as accurate as a micrometer, but it suggests that my measurements from the latter tool could be correct. -tony