Monday, July 23, 2018

Duo Disc Rubbing

When I restored a broken Duo a few weeks back, upon testing I realized the cdrom unit was making a terrible noise when reading discs.  The center hub appears to sit ever so slightly too low in the casing.  My initial quick fix was to put a few small pieces of electrical tape to raise the disc height.

While this worked, its not aesthetically pleasing.  After some trial and error, I finally found a thin enough o ring / rubber gasket that eliminates the need for tape.  The spare o rings that come with vape tanks seem to do the trick perfectly.

(In my case, one from a Nautilus 2 kit.)