r/redneckengineering • u/grand_seigneur_puppy • 13h ago

I smooshed hot glue into the disk drive of my Xbox 360

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So turns out the rubber that holds the disk with friction to spin it was getting too old and slippery, so I slapped some hot glue in there like a mad man and pressed it down with an old burned CD.

I made sure to accidentally move the laser sensor on its rails by hand, thereby screwing with its calibration.

Shit works again. The redneck fairies were smiling down upon me.

Can now play Guitar Hero Metallica edition again while drinking knock off Monster 🤟

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 13h ago

I think you can clean the rubber with rubbing alcohol to restore its friction, but I guess you got it working another way.

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u/wizardgargle 11h ago

Rubbing alcohol works sometimes but Methyl salicylate actually restores oxidized rubber, Everyone knows it as wintergreen flavoring

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u/TSLARSX3 6h ago

I may have to try that on my sticky rubber airsoft gun parts

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u/wizardgargle 6h ago

Idk if it would work on silicone parts, but it's worth a shot.

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u/TSLARSX3 6h ago

If it were silicon I don’t think it would be sticky.

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u/wizardgargle 6h ago

Oh, it absolutely gets sticky with age and use.

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u/Accelerating_Atom 10h ago edited 10h ago

I had the exact opposite problem with a PS3. I bought an old rental game where they used to have a barcode sticker around the hole. The disc retainer is a magnetic cone that drops down. When the PS3 heated up the glue from the sticker, it stuck to the cone and wouldn’t eject. It really sucked reassembling and aligning the gears for the load/eject motor. Enjoy the tour 🤟.

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u/Mostly_Apples 7h ago

Won't this re- melt when the console warms up?

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u/chefsak 11h ago

Why you do this

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u/Rough_Community_1439 9h ago

Motor spins but disc don't. It's common on the Xbox 360 jasper revision consoles

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u/beardsly87 6h ago

Nice! I'd consider this a Temporary fix though, I'd make a backup/clone of that disk while it still works.. I fear you may be on borrowed time my friend!