Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.
I remember discussion years ago that mounting a hard drive at an angle like that put stress on the spindle bearings and would shorten the life of the hard drive. Is this true, or an old wives' tale, or perhaps theoretically possible but nobody has ever tested it?


I had my empeg mounted at an angle for several years with no hard drive problems. Not a terribly smooth riding vehicle also.


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