Aucbvax.1805 fa.info-cpm utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!W8SDZ@MIT-MC Thu Jun 18 00:45:59 1981 Lubrication of floppy disk drives I just received the following message on my remote CP/M system: Date: 6/17/81 From: Charlie Strom To: All Re: Shugart floppy disk drive lube I recently received some valuable info re lubrication of Shugart 8" drives, prompted by intermittent squeaking from a drive! Carefully, spray a small amount of aerosol sili- cone lubricant on the lead screw (without getting it all over the place!). I was amazed at the noise reduction I saw immediately. According to my source, Shugart has done this themselves in spite of no mention in service manuals. It certainly hasn't hurt my drive operation. Don't use a lubricant with any petroleum base... pure silicone (food grade) only! The brand I have is called Sprayway, from Sprayway, Inc., Addison, Ill 60101. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.