Comments on: Replacing Your Xbox 360 DVD Drive Belt

By: DrNathan

DrNathan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:05:47 +0000

Great Nic, I’m glad we could save your Xbox!

By: Nic M.

Nic M. — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:08:10 +0000

DrNathan,

I just installed the SBS2.6 (from ebay) and the drive works perfectly. Thank a million!

-nic

By: DrNathan

DrNathan — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:20:26 +0000

Eric,

It’s funny you mention that. I am assuming you mean the gear indicated with the leftmost red arrow, correct?

In the “parts only” Xbox 360 I bought, that particular gear was cracked in half, and useless . The 360 drive was a Samsung model, so I poked around inside the Samsung DVD drive on an original Xbox, and found that the gears were almost identical. All I needed to do was cut down the shaft on the bottom of the gear from the original Xbox so that it fit properly in the 360 drive, and I was in business.

It was kind of a crapshoot, but the drive works perfectly to this day. Dig around a bit, and you might be surprised by what you find.

By: Eric s

Eric s — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:20:00 +0000

I’m missing the gear in the middle and the belt. Anyone know where I can get the gear the belt attaches to?

Thanks,

By: DrNathan

DrNathan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:48:08 +0000

Nic,

Glad I could help, good luck with your drive, let us know how you make out.

By: Nic M.

Nic M. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:09:07 +0000

Hey thanks for the details on this band, I’m going to grab one and wish for the best.

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