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There are two flavors of the Viton tubing on the McMaster-Carr web site. Do you know which one you purchased? Soft or Firm? Thanks. Durometer Type Per Foot Opaque Black Color 60A (Soft) High-Temperature Soft Viton® Fluoroelastomer Rubber Tubing 5119K45 1-49 Ft. $8.33/ft 75A (Firm) High-Temperature Firm Viton® Fluoroelastomer Rubber Tubing 5119K15 1-49 Ft. $7.45/ft

Thanks. Let me know if you find any. Questions: Does the Saturn like encoder disc stay attached to the back of the main wheel shaft? I also have some other part behind this so called-encoder disc that looks like a silver rectangle with rounded top corners and a small peep hole. Did you apply any lubricant between the encoder disc and the silver colored rectangular item? It seems like they run on top of each other when the wheel spins. I had tons of black gunk between them and I had to pry them apart by soaking them in rubbing alcohol. I'm finally starting to see how the opto-encoder works with the small hole in the rectangular piece. BTW...I have two small washers and I'm going to assume that I should put one on each end of the wheel shaft (axle). Is that correct? I'm not sure how much give or take there's going to be with aligning the peep hole to the encoder disc once I try to assemble everything back together. The rubbing alcohol seems to a good job if you let the silver parts soak for a while.

That would be great. My wheel is locked up as well. Did you by any chance record the color pattern of the connectors on the circuit boards? Shoot me an email to [email protected] and I'll send you over my address if you still have a piece of that rubber tubing. I just got the drive apart and I'm basically at the point where I need to remove the black box with the two small screws. What should I expect when I get into that area? Should I use alcohol to clean the black stuff up?

I'm also having the same problem with my ADAM tape drive. Did anyone find any black greasy tar like substance while they were removing the parts of the tape drive? It would be great if someone could put together a kit with the rubber pieces that are needed for this fix. $$$$$ I would expect that this is going to be a common issue with these systems. I'm also looking for a manual that describes the wiring (color pattern) for the internal connectors on the servo and logic boards. I had one of the connectors fall off and I'm not 100% sure of the positioning where you have the 3 plastic connectors on the circuit board. Did anyone by any chance take any pics or notes as they removed the pieces? Thanks for your help.