TU58 roller refurb (was Re: 11/44 basic newbie help request)

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon Feb 10 10:39:00 2003

--- Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Second:
> Looking at the TU-58 drive, the rubber rollers in each drive appear to be
> highly questionable - pretty gummy. What's the best way to fix those
> rubber rollers?

I don't have the pointers or the exact measurements, but this topic
comes up on the list from time to time - at the suggestion of many
people, Allison Parent first and foremost, I have replaced my gummy
tu58 rollers one by one, with a slice of tygon tubing from the
hardware store. There is a standard stocked size that seems to
work just about perfectly. I have done this for several now, but
have yet to get around to dusting off my PDP-11/44 to do _its_
drives, but the mechanisms are all the same.

I bought about foot for a buck or two and have been refurbing drives
as needed.

-ethan
Received on Mon Feb 10 2003 - 10:39:00 GMT