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Step 2Extract lens actuator from the drive
You'll have to unscrew a looot of screws to disassemble the CD drive. If you have no better idea, just remove all screws you can find and try separating the components. In the later stages it might sometimes be necessary to apply brute force, but usually it's possible to separate all of the surprisingly many parts of a drive without damaging them.
The picture shows what you're hunting for. It's the moving lens part of the optical head assembly.
It can look a bit different, depending on your drive. it has a static back and moving top part. Inside the moving part are two coils, one moves the lens up and down, the other one left and right. Permament magnets are fixed to the static back.
If you're lucky, you will just be able to unscrew it. But sometimes you won't be able to separate it from the bigger optical head with the lasers and pickups inside. That's OK too.
See the wires in the last picture? That's what you'll add next!
The picture shows what you're hunting for. It's the moving lens part of the optical head assembly.
It can look a bit different, depending on your drive. it has a static back and moving top part. Inside the moving part are two coils, one moves the lens up and down, the other one left and right. Permament magnets are fixed to the static back.
If you're lucky, you will just be able to unscrew it. But sometimes you won't be able to separate it from the bigger optical head with the lasers and pickups inside. That's OK too.
See the wires in the last picture? That's what you'll add next!
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