Re: fixing screaming bearings on Micropolis 1558 ESDI drives

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From: Mark Sitkowski
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 00:00

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Craig Dewick wrote:
> 
> I have three Micropolis 1558 ESDI drives which function perfectly except
> that the bearings are shot from old age.
> ............................
> 
> Please post your thoughts, ideas, solutions, etc...
> 

My only thought, is the fact that the heads fly 10 microns or so above
the medium. How much play in the bearings would reduce this to zero?
I'd junk the disks, unless you just need a large /tmp or swap space...

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Best regards,
Mark 
                           
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From: Mark Sitkowski <marks@acci.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: fixing screaming bearings on Micropolis 1558 ESDI drives
Date: 1996/06/05
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