[Coco] FD-500 ITEMS NEEDED

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 13 June 2014 18:14:34 Josh Harper via Coco did opine
And Gene did reply:
> in need of a few things to fix one of my  fd-500's   does any one  have
> a bad fd-500 that there willing to part with or part out  items needed
> a good not scratched  logo , also need  the latch spring mine is 
> weak, also need  one foot on bottom of drive
> 
> thanks guys

That "weak latch spring" is more than likely the plastic rosette that 
centers the disk on the spindle, has collapsed.  If you bring it to the 
drive hub, and can then wiggle it sideways, its collapsed.  You should be 
able to feel its fingers entering the hub with a few grains of resistance.  
Only if its tight, will it properly center the disk on the hub.  Short of 
finding an internal "Truarc" snap ring of the correct size to set into the 
inside of the fingers, pushing the fingers back out in time (it is called 
cold flow), I know of no other cure since they are all old & grey bearded 
by now.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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