Commodore 1541-II Disk Drive Service & Restoration

In this video, I clean, retrobrite, recap & lubricate a 5 1/4" Commodore 1541-II floppy disk drive (for the C64).
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:09 Removing Mechanism
2:31 Bodgetastic
3:17 Cleaning the PCB
4:14 Recapping
8:41 Clean & Lube the Machanism
10:44 Reassembly
12:22 Finished Product
13:10 Testing (Driller)
16:30 Testing (Pool of Radiance)
20:03 It's a wrap

[@tiemanowo]

It always fascinate me that inside those drives is another "computer".

[@DavePoo2]

Yep, it's basically a computer, it has CPU, RAM, ROM etc. It also explains why the drives were so expensive at the time, as you were pretty much just buying your whole computer again except it had a drive mechanism attached to it as well.

[@doomloop1977]

well done :) october 91 very late production date for a c64 drive

[@DavePoo2]

That makes me wonder did Commodore ever actually stop production of the C64? it had a very long production lifespan.

[@Geomanb]

Kemet is luxury brand for parts. So all good then! Often I buy Panasonic ones, too.

[@DavePoo2]

That's good to know. They came in a recap pack that I must have bought a while ago as I forgot when and where. I actually had some Panasonic caps in my stock that I could have used, but I didn't think to check until afterwards.

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

DOOD! Replace all the ceramics with new miniature ones.

[@DavePoo2]

Why?

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

@@DavePoo2 why not.

[@thomasmccaffery5941]

ceramics don't need to be replaced unless have issues.