Apple Disk II Technical Procedures

E. REPLACING THE HEAD LOAD BUTTONThe head load button is a small round pad of white felt, mounted in thehead load arm (Fig. 9, #1), that holds the diskette surface against theread-write head. The button should sit just above the center of theread-write head, with its surface parallel to the surface of the head.When the button is severely worn, it will look like a cylinder skewedto the right (as viewed from the front). At that point it should bereplaced.1. Lift up the Head Load Arm (Figure 9, #1), squeeze the top part ofthe load button with small needle-nose pliers, and let the buttondrop down.2, Install a new load button by inserting it into the holder andpushing up until it snaps into place.disk ][ take-apart rev. 8-31-82 page 1.10