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Thanks for the reply nightkid! This makes me rest assure that I wasnt just crazy that it was a bad part. I had called DM and they sent out a second color wheel, this one also had issues. I wasnt aware they sold "refurbished" used units.... so I returned both and have a brand new one coming...

So my original color wheel was bad, no big deal I will replace it. I ordered a "new" one from DM and recieved it and installed as per the how-to guide. Well once I started up the tv it was quiet for a short period of time and then i started getting a intermittent grinding noise. When it wo...

Thanks for the reply! I got lucky and scored a new lens and light tunnel for ~100 bucks, so i got it taken care of :mrgreen:

Well after posting this yesterday I finally found another thread talking about this subject, found out that the lens was infact covered with a laminate that i rubbed off when cleaning it. My question now, is how hard is it to replace this lens? I was fortunate enough to find one... but now i have to...

Ive been lurking for some time and decided to finally ask the pros on this... I did some searching and didnt come across a real answer. On my HLS (hls5065wx/xaa) series Samsung DLP, I was replacing the color wheel and noticed the Lens on the light engine was smudged and dirty. So i cleaned it with s...