PS4 Crunching Noise Culprit: Disc Drive Issues- Manual eject gear spring

There are many disc drive variations for all the models of the PS4 but the manual eject gear and spring are relatively in the same area and of similar design. If your getting gnarly crunching noises when you insert or eject a disc, it will likely mean 2 things: someone was messing around in the drive and the spring is catching on the intake/ eject gears.

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