Iesca Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) After a diskette completely jammed in the floppy drive, I was forced to pry it out with pliers. Unfortunately, such a procedure is far from delicate, and the top drive head was damaged and put out of place. (Actually, I managed to damage the head before even attempting the pliers; they were simply a last resort..) Attached are photos of its current state. Shoulda-woulda-coulda, the deed is done; is it repairable, or is it time for a replacement? I should say, the drive was never ejecting properly in the first place, even after cleaning and relubricating, as well as replacing the drive motor gear. I would get the disk inserting and ejecting seemingly fine when out of the machine, but the moment I fastened it in its bracket and installed in the Mac, the drive would never eject on its own without helping it with tweezers or similar. Then it just jammed up. :\ Thank you! Edited April 14, 2019 by Iesca Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unity Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Cant repair, just put a new head assembly on. It is really easy. One screw, one ribbon, done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iesca Posted April 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Are these something that can be procured on their own, or do they need to be sourced from another floppy drive? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unity Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Probably have to pick up another drive. They dont come up too often as standalone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
techknight Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Yea, even if you tried to repair this, youve lost all possiblity of obtaining cylinder/track alignment between sides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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