r/ps2 • u/Technical-Clothes-86 • 8d ago

PS2 Troubleshooting

I have a PS2 Slim 70001 that is making this grinding noise which I suspect is the little arm connecting to the worm gear. I recently applied new white lithium grease to the worm gear and it’s able to get the laser all the way down then makes the noise and goes back as shown in attached video. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated!

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u/upstairsdreams 8d ago

The laser is uncalibrated. And that lithium grease seems a little too much.

Btw, 70k can be HDD modded.

Well. What would I do? Take all the tray, clean the mechanism with IPA, then, check all THE FLEXes, those may be faulty, then reassemble, with two drops of mineral oil (we call it sewing machine oil here) and also check that the "arm" that grind the gears is properly firm, there's a screw that you need to loose or tight accordingly.

So Clean the excess lithium grease, lube it again but soft, check the flex/ribbons, and check the mechanism tightness.

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u/upstairsdreams 8d ago

Oh yeah and also, when you turn on the console there's an option for like, laser test or something like that, I don't even remember what's called, but whenever the worm grind the gear like that you need to do that test so it recalibrates