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I have it apart. Can you tell me from this picture what needs to be removed and lubed?

LOL! Help a brother now :) . Is that normal for a floppy drive? Fix?

So I have serviced the drive cleaning out all dry Grease and lubricating all over again. I am still noticing what I think is abnormal behavior. Please refer to attached video. The drive doesn't seem to inject the floppy be in one go. If I push it really fast it will all go in, but most of the...

Elfen, Thanks for your detailed explanation.  I opened the Mac today (finally got the extra long 9" torx tool), and followed your instructions - partially.   Everything makes sense, and I only see 4 screws holding the frame in place, so it should be simple to remove once I get the logic board...

Related question...does anybody know if a Macintosh 512 KE can be boot from the external drive?

Thank you Elfen, I will have a look and report back!

I got a long torx screwdriver on eBay to open her up.   Assuming I stay WELL AWAY from the CRT/Flyback, it looks like removing the internal drive is achievable without discharging the CRT.  Risks aside, is this correct?

Thanks techknight.   Im not sure the problem here has anything to do with ejection...?     I can't even get the disks to read, and one of the drives makes an odd grinding sound.  the other makes no sound.  Thanks.

Hello all...  After 28 years, I managed to get my original Mac 512Ke back from a friend (who kep it in my home country after I moved). For a quick laugh, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWd_HQbeeoE&feature=youtu.be Two problems! 1) Anyhow, the problem I had after shooting this...