MacBozo Nut Dood
Registered: 04/21/02
Posts: 17704
Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida
I don't have a tray loading drive to look at. Will the front of the tray slip off allowing the front cover to come off? They are usually secured with locking tabs which can be depressed to release.
It comes off pretty easy. It slides up. There's a couple of clips near the outer edges. Thumbs on the top of tray, pull up on the bezel with your fingers from underneath the bezel.
Edit - I prefer to file the corners and edges if possible to keep dust out of the drive rather than remove the seal. I never have liked how Apple does that, removing the bezel that has the seal.