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From: billh@hplsla.HP.COM (Bill Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Another 1541 repair question
Message-ID: <6580010@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Nov 88 20:06:52 GMT
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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I have a 1541 with the front closure handle that rotates to hold a  disk in
place.  That handle  has given me  problems twice  in the last  few months.
Each time, it becomes disconnected from the internal mechanism.

It is  relatively easy  to repair.  That external lever  is connected  to a
shaft that has another, shorter lever at the other end.  At the end of that
shorter lever there  is a pin that protrudes  to engage the mechanism  that
captures the hub of the  disk.  This pin  was apparently press-fit into the
lever, and it is now loose.  When the pin slides far enough into the lever,
it no longer contacts the mechanism, and I have to fix it.

While it is easy enough to open the case,  push the pin  back in, and close
it all up again, I would like to fix it permanently.  Does anyone know of a
reason I can't glue the pin in place?  Has anyone seen this problem before?

Thanks,

Bill Harris