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i did order a couple from him today.

an update... i was testing with the floppy drive externally so i could see what was going on. initially, the gears were fine in the eject motor assembly but the motor wasn't getting triggered at all. based on a vid i watched, i thought it might be corroded contacts internally so i attacked...

I tested with the floppy drive externally so I could see what was going on. The one noise is the disk spinning although it's not being read. I thought the other noise might be the eject mechanism having a hard time so I removed it (left it wired), removed the cover, and removed the one gear so...

yep. i rewatched some vids of the process and pretty sure i did things right. Also, it's acting same way with the same noises as it was before I tore into it.

I've got quite a number of floppies including some original Apple installer disks. I get the same results with any floppy I've tried so far. I just dug an LC out of the garage and will get that fired up to verify the floppies themselves. One of the steps with the clean & lub that I just did...

I got the drive back together and back in the Plus but I've got exactly the same issue as I had prior to the clean & lub. At least I don't seem to have broken anything in the process. I started a new thread as it's unrelated to this thread. Essentially, the floppy drive doesn't read or eject...

I had a post on an issue I hit while doing a clean & lub of the floppy drive from a Mac Plus that I pulled out of the closet. After getting the drive back in the PLus, I've got exactly the same issue as I had originally. The main issue is that it's not reading the floppy. I've tried several...

I put the cap on that pole and it fits like it was made for it. Thanks for confirmation regarding the head adjustment. I'll be lubing & reassembling now.

Would I really have need to deal with the ZTS if I've not messed with that adjustment? I removed the R/W stepper motor for cleaning via the 2 screws holding the unit to the base. I removed the R/W head assembly for cleaning via the 2 screws holding the slider rod in place (which is likely when...

it occurred to me that it may not be a part off of the drive. i don't know what it might be if from somewhere else in the guts of the Plus but it's possible that it's simply a foreign object that found it's way in thru the floppy bay opening. who knows where thus Plus has been.

Hi - I have the floppy drive from a Mac Plus partially disassembled for a clean & lube. Shortly after removing the head mechanism, I noticed a small, rubber piece that wasn't attached to anything and not certain where it came from or belongs. I've got a pic of that I took of my process and...