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| Click here to select a new forum. | | 400K drive pressure pad missing | Posted by: jake18125 on 2020-10-10 07:47:09
As per the title, I just picked up a faulty external 400k floppy drive that was being detected but ultimately wasn't reading or writing disks.
After I opened the drive I noticed the fault - the small felt pressure pad was missing, meaning the disk isn't making good contact with the head.
I know there is a replacement on ebay, but after shipping and import tax is taken into consideration it would cost about £40 just for a piece of felt.
Does anyone know where I could find one or if there is an alternative?
| Posted by: Byrd on 2020-10-10 12:14:30
How thick does the felt need to be - can you link to the eBay one?
Look out for compressed or semi compressed felt from medical suppliers - it usually comes in 5, 7, 10mm thicknesses. I use this day in day out for work and never thought it had alternate uses 🙂
| Posted by: bibilit on 2020-10-10 15:10:29
If only the felt is missing, not a big issue you can make your own from a similar material.
The problem is when the felt support is missing as well.
Have repaired quite a few.
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