Posted By
Chicken
on 2011-11-30
13:42:27
 |  Re: Is there any 1551 head alignment or rpm tools?
I had a couple of DOAs, too, due to careless packing  Sure, the 1551 case's plastic is a bit different from the 1541 one ... more brittle. But carefully packed it should survive shipping to almost anywhere. Some years ago I shipped one to Hungary and if I remember correctly, it got there in one piece.
Most 1551 cases I have seen are not 100% perfect anymore, though. Usually, the corners of the top cover are chipped off.
How did you realign the drive? I have one mechanism which failed years ago. I'm not sure if it's just misaligned or if the read/write head is completely defunct.
Transfering the 1551 board and drive mechanism into a 1541 case might be an option but it's not really perfect (e.g. IEC-port holes).
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