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1050 drive mechanical help

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I have two 1050 drives, both work, but both have their annoying idiosyncrasies.  I was wondering if anyone has suggestions on how to fix the following problems:

 

Drive 1 doesn't hold floppy disks in far enough.  Sometimes I need to push the disk in just a little for it to spin smoothly and read anything.  Otherwise the disk won't spin, or spins too slowly.  

 

Drive 2 holds the disks too tightly.  If I close the drive latch all the way, it grips the disk too hard for it to spin.  If I hold the latch closed maybe half way, the disk spins smoothly and works fine.

 

So yes, I've been pushing the disk in a little on Drive 1 and holding the latch halfway closed on Drive 2, but I'd LIKE to be able to just put a disk in and close the latch and have both drives cooperate.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

 

-Joe

 

 


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