Gooey TU58 rollers

[Allison]

>
>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 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

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