Repairing and Rebuilding a PS2 Disc Drive: It just keeps getting worse!

This was the biggest basket case of a disc drive I've ever seen. Every screw undone uncovered more carnage and many questions on what happened. What started as a simple disc drive cleaning video turned into a whole odyssey. Come along and see what I uncovered and how I fixed it! This video is the longest I've done so feel free to use the chapters :)

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00:00 Intro
01:18 Disassembly of the PS2 and checking the damage
06:02 Disassembling the Disc Drive
16:07 Washing the parts
17:06 Cleaning and lubing the optical drive assembly
22:40 When I find out it may be beyond saving
26:49 Reassembly attempt number 2
31:38 Checking my work!
31:53 Testing the laser
32:22 Replacing the laser
34:10 Final test
34:56 Outro


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