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Really mucked up my floppy :(

mitchkramez

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Hey all, I've got one of the Sony drives in my LC II (MP-F75W), and during my initial cleaning, bent the heads way too far up like a doof, I was able to get it working somewhat, but not consistently and the disks wouldn't read at all in other machines.

I've spent several hours now trying to get things back and the little copper piece between the upper head and the mounting is all kinds of tattered now... I don't suppose there's really any fixing these when they're at this point? Are there any compatible replacement head mechanisms? It's just a shame (on me) because otherwise the drive is in beautiful shape, cleaned and lubed, eject motor is strong and working great...

Any help is appreciated 😀 And if it's not fixable... well, it's an unfortunate learning experience ☹️
 
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