Leader Block Assembly (Lba; Drive With Cover Removed To Reveal Gear - IBM TS2900 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

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Figure A-22. Drive with cover removed to reveal gear train
5. As the leader pin is secured in the cartridge, you should hear the leader pin
6. Rotate the loader intermediate gear (
7. Rotate the threader motor worm gear (
Figure A-23. Leader Block Assembly (LBA)
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TS2900 Tape Autoloader Setup, Operator, and Service Guide
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Threader intermediate gear
1
Threader mechanism gear
2
retention spring clips click into place. If you do not hear the click, continue
rolling until the threader intermediate gear (
in the correct position.
Note: Be sure to keep tension on the tape as the LBA is drawn into the cartridge.
clockwise as viewed from the front of the drive until it stops. This releases the
LBA leader pin.
the leader block is in front of the Read/Write head. This moves the LBA out of
the cartridge.
1
Loader motor worm gear
1
1
Loader motor worm gear
3
in Figure A-22) stops. The LBA is
1
in Figure A-22 and
3
in Figure A-23) counterclockwise until
3
2

Leader block assembly (LBA)

2
in Figure A-23)
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