Help for a rattling Mitsubishi drive?

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From: Mich. Schindliger
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:29

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I have a relatively new Mitsubishi 40 meg MFM formatted drive,
I believe the model is MR535 but I may be wrong.  .  It works
fine but it rattles.  I ignored the problem for a while because
I figured I had just failed to install something with a tight screw,
but on examination I now see that the rattling is inside the drive.
It is driving me mad.. sounds like a loose screw, periodically
stopping, starting again at a different pitch, stopping again.
Is this the way it is supposed to work?  The drive works faultlessly
and is relatively silent when read/write accessing.  Unlike the
7 year old Miniscribe in the same machine which is silent until
accessed, then makes a bit of noise (as it always has anwhich
I consider normal for this drive!).
 
I don't imagine I should open it up and look for a loose screw?
 
Serious suggestions would be appreciated.

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