Found these two parts in my disk drive of 800k Macintosh SE

[mactjaap]

I heard a stange sound and opend up this not working 800k disk. I found these two parts in the motor and removed them. Now it works fine.

Who now what these can be?

 

[SalvationCoder]

I found these same bits in the original 800k floppy drive of my 512ke after I took it out of my closet and felt confident enough to restore it.  The floppy drive had been basically shot (with short bouts of functionality) ever since I got it, and had only deteriorated from there.  When I replaced it, I found pieces just like those rattling around.  I never did determine with certainty exactly what they were, but circumstantial evidence led me to suspect that they were part of the read/write head assembly.

 

[mraroid]

Are you both talking about the two copper colored things sitting apart from each other?

mraroid

 

[mactjaap]

Yes. The two copper "things".

@SalvationCoder

Woow. Wat a coincidence! I'm curious if anybody can solve this mystery. One of the parts was even in the motor giving a nasty sound.

 

[Aoresteen]

Not sure but they look like grounding clips.

 

[mactjaap]

Where do these grounding clips belong?