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Post #37 by trag
Source ForumMacintosh Portable Hard Drive — #37
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateFri, 4 Dec 2015 - 06:23
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macintosh-portable-hard-drive.3005/
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Well I couldn't believe it but one of my portables had a hard drive with an intact rubber gasket!!!! It wasn't gooey at all!!! First time I have ever seen this!! I removed it anyway.. no reason to take a chance!!! I am using clear silicone liquid and along with a syringe am squirting it in where the gasket used to be and then re-attaching the cover nice and tight!!!
I was able to get a gasket (for old Casio watch) replicated by Marco Rubber. I sent them an original and they took measurements and sent me 200 of them in return. It cost me about $100 IIRC. It's one of those deals where the unit price drops steeply as the quantity increases. Basically, it's about $100 of effort for them to make any.

Of course the watch gaskets are a lot smaller. They also have several materials available. It might be worth getting a quote from them. I think they charge for the effort to measure the old one -- stops folks from using them for free measurements.

www.marcorubber.com

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