28 Aug
2007
28 Aug
'07
5:02 p.m.
Subject: Re: Gooey TU58 rollers
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:39:20 -0500
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
On 8/27/07, B M <iamvirtual at gmail.com> wrote:
I started that many years ago like 1995ish. I spec'd Tygon (brnad name)
as that was available to me. Most any generic Vinyl tubing works so long
as it fits tight and has enough wall thickness.
After about 10 years it tends to get hard, the fix is obvious.
Allison
I am trying to get a Vax-11/750 machine up and
running. It looks like the TU58 drive
is suffering from the 'gooey roller syndrome'.
Unsurprising.
I see that people have successfully used 1/2
inch (ID) Tygon tubing to replace the
goo. Is there any specific type of Tygon tubing (eg. R3603, R2000, etc.) that is used?
I don't know the particular variety I used in mine - I just went to
the Lowe's down the street and bought a foot of 1/2" ID tubing -
whatever they had on the shelf. I was unaware of a large amount of
varieties of tubing, so I just used what they had in stock, and it
worked perfectly.
-ethan 
29 Aug
29 Aug
4:46 a.m.
Allison wrote:
I started that many years ago like 1995ish. I spec'd Tygon (brnad name)
as that was available to me. Most any generic Vinyl tubing works so long
as it fits tight and has enough wall thickness.
I have some industrial food service tubing I got a while back which works
well. I think it's Tygon.
If whom ever has the 750 will email me their address I'll send you a 6"
section which should be enough for the next 20 years.
I had to buy 10' so I have some extra :-)
-brad
23 Nov
23 Nov
11:43 a.m.
From the history books....
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Allison wrote:
Subject: Re: Gooey TU58 rollers
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:39:20 -0500
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
On 8/27/07, B M <iamvirtual at gmail.com> wrote:
I started that many years ago like 1995ish. I spec'd Tygon (brnad name)
as that was available to me. Most any generic Vinyl tubing works so long
as it fits tight and has enough wall thickness.
After about 10 years it tends to get hard, the fix is obvious.
Allison
I am trying to get a Vax-11/750 machine up and
running. It looks like the TU58 drive
is suffering from the 'gooey roller syndrome'.
Unsurprising.
I see that people have successfully used 1/2
inch (ID) Tygon tubing to replace the
goo. Is there any specific type of Tygon tubing (eg. R3603, R2000, etc.) that is used?
I don't know the particular variety I used in mine - I just went to
the Lowe's down the street and bought a foot of 1/2" ID tubing -
whatever they had on the shelf. I was unaware of a large amount of
varieties of tubing, so I just used what they had in stock, and it
worked perfectly.
-ethan 
2:15 p.m.
On 11/23/2012 02:43 PM, cctech at vax-11.org wrote:
Oddly they still work fine though plan to renew the oldest one.
Basically remove all the goo and use a slice of Tygon or other vinyl
tuning to replace it.
Allison
From the history books....
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Allison wrote:
Subject: Re: Gooey TU58 rollers
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:39:20 -0500
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
On 8/27/07, B M <iamvirtual at gmail.com> wrote:
I started that many years ago like 1995ish. I spec'd Tygon (brnad name)
as that was available to me. Most any generic Vinyl tubing works so
long
as it fits tight and has enough wall thickness.
After about 10 years it tends to get hard, the fix is obvious.
Allison
I am trying to get a Vax-11/750 machine up and
running. It looks
like the TU58 drive
is suffering from the 'gooey roller syndrome'.
Unsurprising.
I see that people have successfully used 1/2
inch (ID) Tygon
tubing to replace the
goo. Is there any specific type of Tygon tubing (eg. R3603, R2000,
etc.) that is used?
I don't know the particular variety I used in mine - I just went to
the Lowe's down the street and bought a foot of 1/2" ID tubing -
whatever they had on the shelf. I was unaware of a large amount of
varieties of tubing, so I just used what they had in stock, and it
worked perfectly.
-ethan
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