Apple Imagewriter II Squeal
"My Imagewriter II, after many years of faithful
service (~8), is starting to squeal. It squeals when the carriage
moves. It still prints perfectly fine, but....a new noise can only
mean trouble. Does anyone have any experience with this problem
and his solution? I imagine it would take only a drop or two of
lubricant. But where?"
(From: Chris Jardine (cjardine@wctc.net).)
I would suggest that you might have a problem with
the ribbon mask. A few years ago I was the service manager at an
Apple dealership. I can't tell you how many ribbon masks I replaced
for many different problems, including wierd noises. It could also
be a problem with the carriage drive motor. I can't remember which
side of the printer it is on, but, it is below the gear/pulley that
drives the toothed belt. You might try some very fine (maybe silicone)
oil there and you might want to clean and then re-oil the carriage
guide bar (the shiny round bar) and the bushings on the carriage
that ride on the bar. The only other possibility would be a problem
in the gears below the ribbon that are responsible for driving the
ribbon.
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