Fat PS2 making sounds

[elmagicochrisg]

You can also use silicone grease. I think one of the members here sells it in small quantities for just a few bucks. I'm sure someone here can point you to him...

Simplehumar

There you go... ^^

[CRTGAMER]

Sewing machine oil will grease it very well (as well as case fans). You just put some on a cotton swab and dab it on the axle then move the mechanism back and forth a few times. Make sure to clean it first with some alcohol or something. There's likely dust and hair and crap covering the axles. You can get the oil at craft or fabric stores, Like JoAnn Fabric (I snagged some there for $4 ... still using it)

To clean the lens, use a microfiber cloth made for eye glasses as well as glasses cleaning liquid. Nothing more to it than that. Just don't be forceful or rough on it. You can get this stuff at an optometrist shop ... they're usually pretty plentiful. Around here you can get microfiber cloths for $3 and the cleaning solution for $3 or $4. (Also works well for cleaning discs!)

However ... you can still have the clicking sound, but usually the system shows DREs if the disc is not balanced (can be a weight issue). If it's giving Disk Read Errors, I don't remember which disc weight is actually properly balanced that you can replace it with (someone was talking about it on here ...) but you can also tape the disk. (This is only if it's not reading it at all and making a lot of clicking sounds which likely due to imbalance) You can use three pieces of masking tape making a triangle around the middle hole (it's got to be pretty neat. Edges of the tape going right up to the edge of the hole as well as the tips of the triangle overlapping, but not further) IF you're having DREs and clicking noises and the tape solution works ... then it's the disk weight and you'd need to replace it with one that's properly made. (Again I can't remember the models that includes which.

Good idea on the sewing machine oil, I use 3in1 which is similar in viscosity for cooling fans. Though thinner then grease, I can see it working well on the tracks since there is not a lot of weight load.

When cleaning the lens, be careful of what chemical is used. The wrong product can fog the lens cover. The eye glass (plastic) cleaner that Cronozilla mentioned looks be be a winner, good idea!

I do question the tape on the center of the disc though. It might get caught up in a tray that sucks discs thru a slot. It could also lead to a balance problems especially when a disc is spooled up to say 48x. In addition, the tape will change the height of the disc in relation to the laser eye if placed underneath.