18 Apr
2010
18 Apr
'10
10:50 a.m.
I too need some rollers, in a past life we had a company making rubber
rollers for us, they would mould the rubber on (neoprene iirc) and
then freeze then grind
Dave Caroline
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I have a number of HP QIC tape drive units -- I think
it's 2 off 9142, 3
off 9144 (1 3-board, the other 2 are single-board) and a 9145 [1] all
with hte same problem. The rubber capstan has turend to goo.
[1] There's a darn 68000 processor in that drive, unlike the 68B09s in
the other units. Eeek!
The capstan is a rubber 'tyre' on a metal hub, the latter being glued to
the motor spidnle. The diameter of the hub is around 12mm (but I wil
measure that accurately) and the overall diameter of the tyre is perhaps
18mm (it's going to be hard to measure, sure the fact I don't have a
solid one :-()
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as to suitable material that I
can obtain in the UK to repair this? Assume as ever I have a reasonable
workshop and am not affraid to pull the drives to bits :-)
-tony