Patent ID: 7624495

Claim:
A method of reducing torque out retention values between components of a disk drive, said method comprising the steps of: providing an actuator having a proximal end, a distal end, and an opening formed adjacent the distal end; providing a suspension having a proximal end, a distal end, and an opening formed adjacent the proximal end; providing a swage plate including a swage boss extending therefrom; providing swage contact surfaces including an outer surface of the swage boss; applying a lubricant film coating to said outer surface; and attaching the suspension arm to the actuator arm by inserting the swage boss through the opening in the suspension arm and through the opening in the actuator arm, and wherein a swage ball passes through the swage boss but not contacting the outer surface of the swage boss, whereby the lubricant film coating on the outer surface of the swage boss remains and is available for lubrication in a subsequent de-swaging process.