Tape Spooled Off Supply Reel - IBM 3592 Maintenance Information

5. Remove the cover of the drive. See Figure 69 on page 197.
6. Inspect the drive to decide which of the following conditions most closely match the symptom on your
drive. Proceed to that procedure:
• "Tape spooled off supply reel" on page 198 - All the tape appears to be on the take-up reel and no
tape is on the supply reel (inside the cartridge).
• "Tape pulled from leader pin or broken near leader pin" on page 199 (at the front end) - All the tape
appears to be on the supply reel (inside the cartridge) and little or no tape appears to be on the take-
up reel. The leader block is positioned in the take-up reel. After the procedure is complete, return
the drive through your normal IBM parts channel.
• "Tape broken in midtape" on page 201 - Tape appears to be on both the supply reel (inside the
cartridge) and the take-up reel.
• "Tape tangled along tape path" on page 202 - Tape appears to be tangled and damaged but intact.
After the procedure is complete, return the drive through your normal IBM parts channel.
• "No apparent failure or damage to tape" on page 203 - There appears to be no damage or slack to
the tape. After the procedure is complete, return the drive through your normal IBM parts channel.

Tape spooled off supply reel

Use this procedure if the tape becomes unspooled inside the tape cartridge. Use Figure 70 on page 199,
as you follow this procedure.
1. With the front of the drive facing you, unspool approximately 0.6 m (2.0 ft) of tape out of the take-up
reel from the left side of the drive.
2. From the take-up reel, thread tape around the rear of the tape path and over the head rollers on the
left side of the drive.
3. Rotate the drive onto its left side, with the head and the tape path facing up.
4. Moisten a cotton swab with water. Wet approximately 13 mm (0.5 in.) of the tape end, and feed it
onto the supply reel (located inside the cartridge).
5. See Figure 70 on page 199. From the bottom of the drive, insert a 2.5 mm offset hex wrench through
the bottom cover access hole
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1 , and into the reel motor axle.