> On Dec 16, 2019, at 3:07 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> So one of my RL02 drives (bought on Ebay years ago) is eating RL02 packs.
> Makes tings, then the disks have errors in my other RL02 drive. Took a bit to
> figure out which drive was eating what, but I'm 100% certain it's this newer
> drive.
>
> So pulled the heads. The top one had significant gunk on it, the bottom one a
> bit. Pics below.
>
> Top: https://i.imgur.com/FELhF9X.jpg
> Bottom: https://i.imgur.com/Tmsf5Nd.jpg
>
> With alcohol and lintless swabs I managed to clean both of the heads up.
>
> Top: https://i.imgur.com/gmACM4R.jpg
> Bottom: https://i.imgur.com/SfZQV5F.jpg
>
> Then put them back in the drive and mounted a scratch pack. With finger on
> the load/run I let the drive spin up and when I heard tinging I immediately
> spun down. Hopefully I didn't trash my scratch pack.
>
> Top head has gunk, bottom one had a few flecks, but looks pretty ok.
> Top: https://i.imgur.com/EAvgmuH.jpg
> Bottom: (picture didn't upload)
>
> Obviously the head is crashing, any idea why and if it's worth replacing the
> head or should I put this drive out for parts? Yes I cleaned the RL02 pack
> before putting it in.
>
> Never dull.
I would try replacing the head(s).
TTFN - Guy
