CDROM2 laser swap

[nikdog]

Well I went in to disassemble and reassemble, and I noticed that one of the screw points had a ring on it and the other 2 don't. I almost forgot about it too.

Hope you can see it. Is this the normal? or am I missing some rings? Also all the screw points are striped, and came that way; would this be a factor to my scraping?

[Michael Helgeson]

Id have to take mine apart in order to tell you. Its been awhile since I had one apart infront of me. What might be best though is if you can find the right size, nylon washers, or something similar,  maybe at lowes, and put some in on those 2 pegs and see if it balances out better.

[agt_dale_cooper]

Hmmm....does indeed seem to be missing a bit.

Anybody other than PCEH got one of these units they'd care to disassemble / photo / post?  This missing gear-looking thing is actually on the bottom of the assembly, is similar in nature to the rubber feet I was talking about (although given the fact this thing sets from top down, this shouldn't (in theory, given notions of gravity) be an issue....the centerpiece of his picture is actually the spindle-mate that rests on top of the CD once inserted..)

I don't know...there's one of these things on eBay ATM, I may buy it just for the Hell of it...

[nikdog]

well the plastic is just too striped in there and I've ground up the supports some more all the electronics are fine but the case is f*cked. now i need a cdrom² case.

i will try and fix it some moar, but i'm prettey sure it's gone

[Michael Helgeson]

You can use a CDR-35D shell as a replacement. Infact, you can use all of it except the pcb I would think.Search these forums for the 35D, you should find the link to a place that sells them for around 45 bucks or sumthin.

[nikdog]

You can use a CDR-35D shell as a replacement. Infact, you can use all of it except the pcb I would think.Search these forums for the 35D, you should find the link to a place that sells them for around 45 bucks or sumthin.

I was actually thinking of doing exactly that, cause I've seen that link before. I'm gonna what on another guy I know with a broken one before I just buy a CDR-35D. it's an easy PCB move, an easy top & bottom move, and a fileling off of the DC in 10v.

[papa_november]

    One ring is normal. It's held on with a bit of glue.

    It is pretty hard to keep the mechanism from scraping, and like nat says it takes a bit of trial and error to get it to stop. Try not to overtighten the screws if you can help it.