Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> writes: > It is quite possible to put a touch of watch oil on the shaft of an > older drive (without opening it) to quiet the bearings and > re-libricate the grease. I'm still running RD54's and RD53's without > much of an issue, firing them up every few months seems to keep them > happy.
All the RD53s that I've owned have died, but every RD54 is still working. One of them has developed a bearing whine that occurs for a few seconds once every couple of hours, though, and I'd like to try oiling the lower bearing. However, the circuit board is in the way. Do you have experience with taking that off to get at the end of the shaft? Are there gotchas under there, like flimsy connectors that will break when you try to lift the board? -tih -- Most people who graduate with CS degrees don't understand the significance of Lisp. Lisp is the most important idea in computer science. --Alan Kay
