RL drive lubrication

[Gooijen, Henk]

One thing is sure: you need the alignment pack to align the RK05.

BTW Brad, I will check what boards of RL drives I have.  I can't
remember if they were from RL01 or RL02 drives, and if the boards
are OK.   Better have a dead board than none.   A dead one can be
repaired. No board is, well ... nothing.

- Henk.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org 
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad Parker
> Sent: donderdag 13 april 2006 13:04
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: RL drive lubrication 
> 
> 
> J Blaser wrote:
> >
> > I opened each drive up, and did two things to each:  1) With 
> > the upper and lower head 'trays' propped apart, I manually
> > exercised the r/w head carriage, moving it back and forth a
> > number of times, and 2) I put a couple of drops of oil on the
> > top of each motor's shaft, which was easily reached with the
> > service cover off.
> 
> I'm curious if anyone has done something similar with an RK05.
> 
> Certainly the bearings can be replaced, but can they also be 
> cleaned and relubricated?  is it safe to pull the entire 
> voice coil assembly apart, clean the bearings and tracks, 
> relubricate and reassemble?
> 
> any suggestions?  thx.
> 
> -brad
> 

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