Hi All,

I'm looking for help on finding a photo of a tool posted on these forums - it was a T shaped tool to free a stuck spindle motor on a Seagate Barracuda 3.5" drive somebody invented?

Can anybody post a link to that threat, i can't seem to find it using the Search.

Thanks for any assistance.
Zed

barracuda-7200-spin-motor-locked-t8822.html?hilit=seizure%20tool#p52757

Dobre

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Awesome! Thanks. Anybody had any luck with this type of tool with a Seized spindle motor for a 7200.10 or .11 drive that was dropped and is now making a buzzing sound?

Thanks dobrevjetser.

I suggest a good old fashioned platter swap to deal with those cases.

The case i have now is a 7200.11 1 TB disk, i don't think a platter swap is possible - anybody had any luck with a disk like this with a stuck motor?

Yes, a tool like this does work provided you are extremely careful. I've done plenty of these recently with good results.

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I got two cases, we were able to "unlock" now spin by self the FDB but doesnt reach readiness, im think need a platter swap on this case, the most cases were dropped, and heads moved from the impact to the begin of platers , we did head swap too, but problems still, cannot reach readiness, still searching solutions

beto, so once the motor was free the disk was still not working...sounds bad! Anybody else have the same problem after freeing the motor?

Yep, did u check inside HDA 7200.11 ?Families are different "size, spacer" vs oldest families 7200,10 ... etc

Yes.

It's possible.

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