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From: mo@well.UUCP (Maurice Weitman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: disk squeak
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Date: 3 Aug 88 17:43:55 GMT
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wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) writes:
>a squealing drive usually means that the bearings are going bad.

I beg to differ.  While I haven't read the original query, a
squealing drive doesn't *usually* mean bad bearings.  Bearings
*rarely* are the problem.  It's most likely the static wiper
brush, which in most drive designs is a superfluous element, and
may be removed without ill effects.  Check with the manufacturer.

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