Gennerell the housing is easy to uninstall and to assemble. Simple and functional in style. Be careful with drives from the "IBM R52" despite endsprechender information do not seem to fit all optical drives from the "IBM R52". After mounting the housing remained a gap of about 1-2 mm leaves what suggests that there have been various drives in the R52. Unfortunately, there remained only the possibility of the gap to be closed with electrical tape to prevent a disintegration of the housing shells (affect the functionality but not in any way). That is why no 5 stars! Who also a Panasonic / Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-8305x in his R52 has (had) should be adjusted to appropriate tinkering or look for another body!