MBP late07: Superdrive won't let me insert any disc

Hi,
MBP 2.2ghz and 10.6 here.
Since some days I can't insert any standard-sized dvd/cd because *something* is inside my superdrive (GSA-xxx). I tried to eject anything inside the optical drive via Terminal.app, without luck.
As written in this post (https://discussions.apple.com/message/3944529#3944529):
when i try to insert any cd/dvd into the superdrive, it dosent go in at all. it pushes the media to the left and it seems like there is something in there that is preventing the disc to go in.
I disassembled the whole case and the Superdrive as well.
It seems that a mobile mechanic part (showed in this image, sorry for its roughness http://i.imgur.com/xzXJB.jpg) is stuck near the center of the Superdrive plate, while it should move to the right edge of the Superdrive whenever the slot is empty, in order to let you insert an optical disc. Then it should move in the place it sits now, in order to prevent the disc to fall if you put your Macbook vertically.
I tried to manually move this mechanic part and... I couldn't, it seems like it's actually glued to the Superdrive plate! It shouldn't be supposed to be there, because it prevents any disc to be inserted.
Any hints?
Thanks

I don't know how, but it seems that I've fixed it.
I found an old Apple troubleshooting page related to Powerbooks and Mac OS 10.3. It stated than, when Superdrive cannot accept disc, you can open iTunes and press the dedicated Eject button. Et voilà, I heard a "click" and it finally accepted a dvd disc.
I don't know why drutil tray eject via Terminal.app didn't work and iTunes did...

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