Patent ID: 7610672

Claim:
A method of reworking a disk drive, the disk drive including a disk drive base and a first actuator rotatably coupled to the disk drive base about an actuator axis of rotation, the first actuator including an actuator catch, rotation of the first actuator defining an arcuate catch path of the actuator catch, the disk drive also including a latch including a latch arresting portion disposed in the catch path with the latch in a closed position, the latch arresting portion not in the catch path with the latch in an open position, the latch also including a crash stop portion that prevents an extreme rotational position of the first actuator where a read head of the first actuator is disposed radially beyond a disk outer diameter of the disk drive, the crash stop portion preventing the extreme rotational position of the first actuator with the latch in the closed position or in the open position but not with the latch in a defeat position, the latch arresting portion not in the catch path with the latch in the defeat position, the disk drive also including a fixed limiting member preventing the latch from rotating from the open position to the defeat position, the method comprising: removing the fixed limiting member from the disk drive during a reworking period; allowing the latch to biasedly move to the defeat position from the open position during the reworking period; removing the first actuator from the disk drive including translating the first actuator in a direction parallel to the actuator axis of rotation during the reworking period; and replacing the first actuator with a replacement actuator into the disk drive including translating the replacement actuator in a direction parallel to the actuator axis of rotation during the reworking period; wherein the latch is never removed from the disk drive during the reworking period.