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[muddychicken]

wondering if anyone could help.  im trying to fix a 360 with a drive thats not spinning the discs properly.  i already tried replacing the lens twice with new lenses so i figure the lens isnt the problem.  and yes i already desoldered the new lenses.  i noticed, however, that the spindle on the drive feels kinda stiff and not smooth like most spindles when spun manually.  i was wondering if anyone can give me some pointers regarding this problem before i have to go look for a replacement spindle.  please help! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[RDC]

There's not much easy you can do about it, besides replacing it. In order to free it up you'd have to tear it completely apart, that would either ruin it or ya wouldn't be able to get it pressed back together again. I have one that's in a Hitachi that did the same thing, it was dragging and causing the disc to not spin. I have it freed up some now, but it's still nowhere near how a good one is.

About the only alternatives, and they're kind of extreme and may still not work, is to either dunk and run the thing in some type of cleaner that's not going to effect the electronics part, but clean out whatever gunk is causing the dragging. A good rubbing alcohol is one, not that 50% by volume stuff, it's half water. The other thing to do is spin the thing with an external source and see if it frees up. If you just spin it for a couple of minutes, by hand or whatever, it may work whatever's in there out and start acting right again, but that's a 50/50 shot really.

[belke]

you could always just take get the xcm dvd cover