Hard drive won't go back into place

This is the third time I'm doing this, but this time my HD with the skate thing won't go back into the slot, it fights back and every other time there's some sort of glue residue that comes attached to it.
I've read it somewhere that this is a glue that's originally somewhere inside the slot but with the heat it liquifies and moves around.
Is there any safe way I can clean this? Or is it a glue problem at all? I had no problem removing the old one, btw. And, yeah, I'm sure I'm doing this correctly, as unfortunately, this is not my first HD replacement.

Thanks, Nick.
Well, it's there, I didn't glue it back because I didn't know what sort of glue to use and I figure this region gets really hot, so it shouldn't be just any kind of glue. I just slid the hd in with it, it's as good as glued.
A hint here: if you close the upper case just a bit wrong, chances are your dvd drive won't work anymore, it will start spitting discs and behaving like it's broken.
I for one wouldn't advise anyone opening the macbook case, it's absolutely painful and a lot can go wrong. But if you, like me, wasn't satisfied with the Apple Care service - here in Brasil the service provider I sent my mb to changed my battery for an older one and dented one of the tips of the battery case to the point it lost it's color - and you have a spare mac (I have a Core Duo mini, then good luck!
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