XBOX 360 OPTICAL DRIVE DISASSEMBLY, CLEAN, MAINTENANCE // I took my optical drive apart to clean it

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[edmundhernandez]

I want to thank you for your video, my 360 wasn’t reading my games and kept ejecting the games. I followed your steps and to my delight my console reads my games and works wonderfully. Thank you!

[sperring]

Just used this video to clean my disk drive works like new. Hasn’t worked right in years. Thank you for this cleaned my entire Xbox 360 out with the previous video stated.

[fabriziocoronel]

Thank you for this video! I accidentally ran my Xbox upside down destroying a copy of Forza and also misaligning something in the optical drive. This video along with your cleaning video helped me get it back in running shape. I will say though that I had to take it apart a second time because the lever we pressed to manually open the disc tray did not go all the way back into position after closing so I had to manually push it to the position I found it in. Apart from that all good! Warning to all: DON'T USE IT UPSIDE DOWN!!! 🤦‍♂️

[EldritchVoid]

thanks for this and the basic opening and cleaning guide! just got a 360 from goodwill and the only problem with it was the disc drive got stuck. and now it doesn't :3

[XAM_B_TAHKY]

My 360 is weird. It reads some games but doesn’t read others.

[JosephChiu]

The grease on the rods are lubricant to let the mechanism move freely. Cleaning dirty lubricant is good, but you need to apply more fresh lubricant.

[leoncoy]

I brought a 360 for a 10a as the store was offering the woman a quid for it, it was filthy to no surprise, theese videos have helped immensely

[emvk]

Followed this video and my 360 can read disks again! Thanks for the tutorial

[AOG_ETH]

Excellent
After cleaning my lens and blowing dust out of everything. The xbox is working like a charm.
I used a q tip on the lens with alcohol. I took a chance, lol.
I gently gently swabbed tho.

[jriffin]

Do you add lithium grease on the sliding mechanism? So many 360s I'm finding have a prpblem woth the drive not opebing now but the belts don't look deformed or dirty so I wander if that is just the issue?

[jasonaschenbrenner]

What's the best ways to detach the wiring attached to the back end without destroying the ports? Just wiggle n pull slowly?

[richards]

Despite cleaning I still have to insert the disc multiple times before it finally reads the disc.
Is this a sign that the laser might need replacement?

[yeolemillinial]

you should really regrease the sliding rod after cleaning it, typically white lithium grease is used on disc drives for the most part

[seeranos]

Is there a way to grease or clean the spindle hub if it's turning jerkily or too slow?

[kristenhaskins]

My games play ones then when I move my 360 somewhere else it doesn’t play anymore

[AOxOK]

i cant find any videos on this without them being already removed but i need to transfer my top ring to my old 360 disk tray because the replacement doesnt work and i need the cd tray top spinner on the lid and thats it

[iowaberg]

I can't get the drive to turn enough to be able to open the disc tray manually. I feel like if I pull much harder it will break. Any tips?

[dorifutodami]

is this motor at 2:09 interchangeable? i cant find one that says 304BGP like my oem one does

[sethcrispmccollum]

I have no clue what’s going on with my Xbox 360 it won’t read any discs

[maazrazi]

Bro my cd is not working on xbox 360 the cd is brand new but its not working plz help me is the xbox dvd rom is not working? Plz reply me 😢