How to extract brushless motor from hard drives?

Question

How do you extract brushless motors from computer hard drives?

I have some old hard drives from computers that I want to extract the brushless motors from for scrap but not sure how to get them out.

Answer 1

You might need a tamper proof screw driver set or tamper proof tool set to remove the tamper proof screws if the have them on the hard drive.

Once you get those out you'll need to remove that big screw and the motor should pry out of it.