Removing eject mechanism for Mitsubishi Superdrives?

[kingchops]

Are there any instructions for removing the top part of the eject mechanism for the Mitsubishi Superdrives?

There's a really good guide for doing this on the Sony drives: https://wiki.68kmla.org/Floppy_drive_lubrication

I was hoping to find somthing similar for the Mitsubishi drives.  I've got a couple of these drives and I want to give them a really good cleanup but it's hard to do unless you can remove the top part of the eject mechanism.

Drive model numbers are: MF355F-592MA

 

[techknight]

use a big pry bar? 

 

[CC_333]

This brings up a good point. While there's plenty of information on maintaining all the auto-inject 400k, 800k, and SuperDrives, there's not a whole lot about the manual inject models (such as this one).

c

 

[techknight]

Because they havent reached the age of failure just quite yet... 

 

[kingchops]

Because they havent reached the age of failure just quite yet... 

Both of mine are 20+ years old.  Neither would work properly until I did a basic re-grease job.  One still has some write issues that I suspect is due to parts of the mechanism that still needs cleaning.

 

[techknight]

Wow, crazy. I haven't had a manual inject drive fail on me yet. 

 

[kingchops]

There's not much information around at all about these drives.  I might just start tinkering with it and work out how to disassemble the eject mechanism.  I'll post any details of a procedure I come up with.

 

[techknight]

Yea, you would be the first. Have at it! 

 

[CC_333]

At least the manual inject drives are more common. That's the one problem the auto inject drives have.

c

 

[David Cook]

1. Remove the eject motor (one screw)
2. Remove the manual eject button (lift tab and pull out)
3. Push in the manual eject metal nub and lift top portion of drive up.

Some saint posted a video: