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Higher Sony floppy drive's head does not want to lift down
Posted by: MrGasS27 on 2018-03-19 11:54:41
I really hate these Sony Floppy drives, while I was trying to lube the head driver I lifted up a bit the higher head, now this doesn't want to lift down when I insert a Floppy Disk, how can I solve this before I destroy it with an hammer? Thank you 🙂

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Posted by: gurrag on 2018-03-29 08:40:01
the orginal page seems to be 404, but here is the guide i followed when i had the same problem.


http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BWjvCFq9U_MJ:tkc8800.com/post/macintosh-sony-superdrive-head-spring-repair+&cd=1&hl=sv&ct=clnk&gl=se&client=firefox-b-ab

the images seems to be dead, but google have lowres versions cached that should help you guess what needs to be done.

pic #1 #3 #4 and #5 are from the article in question

https://www.google.se/search?q=macintosh+floppy+drive+sony+head+spring&client=firefox-b-ab&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8juO44pHaAhWpO5oKHVFtD8oQ_AUICigB&biw=981&bih=422&dpr=1.3#imgrc=3HvZQMGSa-2uRM:
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