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Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
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Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

March 24th, 2009, 5:02

hddinfo wrote:
has anybody got tools to remove heads (100 % safe) from 7200.9 and higher?


there are commercial tools available, but it may be an idea to try to design some of your own, just takes a little thought.

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

March 24th, 2009, 5:07

i do have tool made myself (100 % safe)

just wanted to know other users opinion

thanks

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

August 30th, 2009, 2:01

let us have a look at your head removal tool Mr. Pepe

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

August 31st, 2009, 3:01

;)

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

August 30th, 2016, 7:02

is this suitable for all seagate drives?

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

August 30th, 2016, 11:07

jono-ats wrote:I made a number of extra tools -- I'll PM you privately.

Do you still have this tool for sale ?
What drives (brands n families) its designed ?

Regards

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

March 19th, 2018, 15:28

i have a St31500341as with motor stuck issue.
i released the motor forcely but unfortunately i didn't read this topic before i try.
i didn't remove the heads.

Disk spins noisly now.. heads wanna try but can't find the SA.

Are heads gone?

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

March 19th, 2018, 16:13

Well,
If They Were Floating In Air By The Slower Rotation Then No ,If Not Floating Then Platter Layer Is Gone With Heads

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

March 20th, 2018, 4:01

Amarbir[CDR-Labs] wrote:Well,
If They Were Floating In Air By The Slower Rotation Then No ,If Not Floating Then Platter Layer Is Gone With Heads


it's obvious that head's moving and try to find SA. but it can't..

What is the problem?

Re: Dealing with stuck motor bearings

March 20th, 2018, 9:44

They are moving now, they weren´t moving before. So, when you forcefully moved the motor/platters, you damaged the heads.
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