How do you take the volume wheel off a cd drive?

[gaarth]

I want to paint all my drives silver. I have already taken the bezels off the drives, but I don' t know how the volume wheel comes off. It looks as if it is fixed in the middle of the wheel and that I need special tools. How do you take it off?

 

[spec8472]

dont sue me if you screw your drive, but if you take the plastic front panel off, you should be able to use a pair of thin snips.... it wont go back on...

or you can just take drive case off, and paint the wheel too...

 

[Maniac9127]

Um, the only way you might be able to take it off, you wouldn't be able to put it back on. If you don't ever use it, you'd probly be able to take it out, paint it, then glue it back in. Another thing you could try is use a small modeling paint brush and paint it with that.

P.S. don't blame me if you break your CD-ROM, I wouldn't feel safe doing it myself.

 

[Gorgonzola]

yeh, i was gunna suggest the same thing as Maniac9127, if your really careful with a small brush, and make sure you dont put to much paint on the brush at once, you should be fine.

but also, dont blame me if you stuff it up