SE/30 floppy drive now fails

[uniserver]

 

[Elfen]

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So that is the back close to the bottom of the heads with the head flipped over up-side-down. I remember being told not to ever touch that area and two screws that hold down the top head to the assembly (can be seen in third picture in your post) or I would throw off the alignment permanently.

 

[uniserver]

Gotcha well all i am showing here is, increasing the head clamping spring pressure, witch i am sure over the years has been reduced.

 

[uniserver]

 

[Elfen]

Learn something new everyday.

 

[MJ313]

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Hey Uni,

Thanks for taking the time to take all of those pictures and putting them up here. I went through the entire exercise and was able to do exactly what you said. Unfortunately, it didn't change the outcome.

I don't think she's comin back, boys.

 

[techknight]

you probably have a DC bias stuck on the heads from either a bad capacitor, or a bad IC in the drive electronics. 

 

[MJ313]

Hey techknight, so it was probably a ticking time-bomb all along? Would a bad floppy have been the nail in the coffin? A less then ideal environment of stuttering or vibrations pushed it over the edge? Or just a coincidence?