Dec RL01 drive problem

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com>
Date: Wed May 5 10:27:51 1999

On Wed, 5 May 1999, William King wrote:

> I have an RL01 drive which isn't working correctly. I've opened up the back
> end of the drive so I can see what is happening and what I see is this.
>
> 1. Drive starts to spin up, but it's obvious by looking at the spindle of
> the drive motor, that the motor never reaches full speed.
> 2. After about 5 seconds, the drive slows some, and the heads attempt to
> load.
> 3. The heads then chatter back and forth. They appear to move in about .25
> inches and then retract.
> 4. This continues until I spin down the drive.
>


   Head shipping lock still installed? Something wedged in the
magnet housing? Servo not reading it's info? Head seperating wedge
sticking?

 With power off, and pack out, can you move the head assy
by hand a full stroke? This will tell if it's mechanical or elctronic.

  Last time this happened to me it was junk in the magnet.


   Cheerz and Feliz Cinco de Mayo...

John
Received on Wed May 05 1999 - 10:27:51 BST