anybody ever replace r/w arm on hard drive?

[angusterd]

just installed new primary mast for a buddy. asked him for his old drive,(WD 4.3g)-was going to put it in my old P-120MHz for my daughter, but he broke the seal and screwed up the top r/w arm on top cyl. Is it worth fooling with? ....(replace arm?, run just the other three?, park top?...)

[otheos]

I seriously doubt there is something you can do about it. Sorry.

[skai]

I have been playing with a scsi hdd off and on for 6 mths if you have an old WD you might get a arm out of it,tip, dont force anything ,dont touch the face of the platter keep dust away. skai

[thxmanu]

Unless you own a class 10 cleanroom, I wouldn't waste my time. I'll give you the example from IBM: the heads on a hard drive float over spinning platters at a height equivelent to a 747 flying at 1000 mph above the ground at a distance equal to 14 sheets of paper!