Method of reducing slider roll torque by balancing head gimbal assembly for improved seeking performance

A method of reducing slide roll torque in a head gimbal assembly, comprising:

• selecting a thickness of a slider;
• creating a window in a flexure, said window exposing a dimple contact point;
• contacting a dimple coupled to a loadbeam with said dimple contact point;
• forming a plurality of polyimide standoffs between said flexure and said slider, wherein said dimple contact point is located on a surface of said plurality of polyimide standoffs;
• configuring a substantially rigid balancing weight to align a center of mass of said head gimbal assembly with said dimple contact point;
• and
• coupling said substantially rigid balancing weight to said flexure wherein at least one component of said substantially rigid balancing weight coupled to said flexure is perpendicular to both a longitudinal axis of said flexure and the plane of said flexure.

A method of reducing slide roll torque in a disk drive, comprising:

• selecting a thickness of a slider;
• providing a magnetic data storage medium to store data;
• providing a flexure to maintain a spacing between said slider and said magnetic data storage medium;
• creating a window in said flexure, said window exposing a dimple contact point;
• contacting a dimple coupled to a loadbeam with said dimple contact point;
• forming a plurality of polyimide standoffs between said flexure and said slider, wherein said dimple contact point is located on a surface of said plurality of polyimide standoffs;
• configuring a substantially rigid balancing weight to align a center of mass of said head gimbal assembly with said dimple contact point;
• and
• coupling said substantially rigid balancing weight to said flexure.