> The bearings were actually easy to replace, no special tools required. > The hardest part was getting off the nut that was holding the spindle > together.
Nothing to do with this drive (in fact I have never seen this in 8" drives) but some direct drive 5.25" drives have a left hand thread screw holding the rotor to the end of the spindle. The HD one in my PC/AT does, for example. Do not ask how I found this out! -tony
