18 Jun
2005
18 Jun
'05
2:38 p.m.
Subject: Re: Replace roller rubber on HP 9825 tape drive
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:14:21 -0700 (PDT)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
> Tygon is the clear tubing you might find in a chemistry lab.
> I don't think the clear stuff at the hardware store is Tygon.
Its a brand of Vinyl.
I'm the one that posted maybe ten years ago about using Tygon Vinyl
to repair the gooey rollers of TU-58 drives. I can say for a fact
that those drives so repaired still work fine. The only problem
I've found over time is flat spotting if the tape is left in place.
Even if it did harden in say five years.. a foot of that is enough
to fix a few dozen drives easily and it's widely available in both
thick and thin wall types.
Allison
18 Jun
18 Jun
3:17 p.m.
On 6/18/05, Allison <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
I'm the one that posted maybe ten years ago about
using Tygon Vinyl
to repair the gooey rollers of TU-58 drives. I can say for a fact
that those drives so repaired still work fine. The only problem
I've found over time is flat spotting if the tape is left in place.
Even if it did harden in say five years.. a foot of that is enough
to fix a few dozen drives easily and it's widely available in both
thick and thin wall types.
I'll second that - I've refurbishd several drives over the years...
the vinyl tubing works great!
-ethan
19 Jun
19 Jun
1:26 p.m.
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Allison wrote:
I would've thought vinyl would be too hard to make proper traction with
the drive roller.
> Tygon is
the clear tubing you might find in a chemistry lab.
> I don't think the clear stuff at the hardware store is Tygon.
Its a brand of Vinyl.
I'm the one that posted maybe ten years ago about using Tygon Vinyl
to repair the gooey rollers of TU-58 drives. I can say for a fact
that those drives so repaired still work fine. The only problem
I've found over time is flat spotting if the tape is left in place. Even if it did harden in say five years.. a foot of
that is enough
to fix a few dozen drives easily and it's widely available in both
thick and thin wall types.
It's a given that any fix will need to be re-fixed again in N number of
years as whatever material you use will probably break down. I figured
the latex would break down sooner than other materials but it was the best
option I had at the moment.
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