8" drive collets

From: John Honniball <coredump_at_gifford.co.uk>
Date: Tue Feb 24 17:25:32 2004

Pete Turnbull wrote:
> Today I discovered that the fault on drive 0 of my SWTPC twin 8" drive
> box is due to a cracked collet -- the 8-fingered black plastic part,
> with a ball race in the centre, that holds the floppy disk onto the
> hub.

I have some spare 8" disk drives here, if that'll help at all. Or if
anyone else wants 'em? One's a Shugart SA-801, the others I can't
remember (but I can look them up).

-- 
John Honniball
coredump_at_gifford.co.uk
Received on Tue Feb 24 2004 - 17:25:32 GMT

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