Question Lenovo ThinkStation P520 - Optical Drive Removal - Spring?

[TwistedFury]

Hey guys. Got a Lenovo P520 and I was removing the optical drive as per the manual (pg 111, can be found here). When lifting the tab, a spring came out and I cannot tell where it goes. Here is a picture showing everything:

https://imgur.com/SlCqPWr

 

[stonecarver]

I can't find any picture out there that shows the bracket and it's placement.
Are there any scratches the spring has left as a clue on the bracket as to where the spring fell off.

 

[TwistedFury]

I can't find any picture out there that shows the bracket and it's placement.
Are there any scratches the spring has left as a clue on the bracket as to where the spring fell off.

Not that I can see.

 

[BrickStation]

Greetings, I don't know if you found the solution to your problem but I think you're out of luck. I poked around my P520 as to where this assembly goes and it seems that spring attaches to the bracket and then to a hook at the bottom of the expansion cage:

https://imgur.com/GQ4R3wI

View: https://imgur.com/GQ4R3wI


Furthermore, that spring is going to be pretty hard to get to and the best angle is blocked by the cage itself:

https://imgur.com/ySESrHO

View: https://imgur.com/ySESrHO


Unless you can blindly hook that spring into position it's almost impossible to put back on. The P520 case has the ability to remove a few panels with a screwdriver but I didn't get that far to confirm if that's completely true, it's very time consuming for just bracket that holds expansion items and you can easily lose a couple fasteners in the process. If you attempt to hook it back up the blind way the best viewing angle to do that is from the front panel:

https://imgur.com/YaFmpoJ

View: https://imgur.com/YaFmpoJ


If you need to the front panel comes undone with a couple screws up top and a few plastic hangers at the bottom. If it were me and I couldn't get the spring to reattach, I'd just get a shim that is thin enough to hold your optical drive in place and can also let it slide out. Best of luck to you, and I apologize for the photo quality, the glass lens over my phone camera shattered and takes hazy photos.