Superdrive is too tight!

Hey guys
I seem to be having some trouble with my superdrive and before I call apple or try to find an authorised service centre (anybody know of any good ones near glasgow?) I thought I would run it by you guys to see if it really is a problem.
Basically the superdrive seems to have some trouble inserting/ejecting discs some of the time. When I try to insert a disc the edge nearest the back of the macbook is very tight. So much so that the disc tends to stick and rotate in towards the front rather than going straight in centrally (if you see what I mean ). When I try to eject it usually doesnt eject as much as normal but its enough for me to pull it out. To fix this I usually partially insert a disc and press down lightly towards the back of the macbook where it is sticky. This frees up the mechanism and the discs will go in/come out normally (well what I believe is normal as this is my first mac). I have had my macbook since the begining of June and it has really only occured twice. Most other times the drive is fine.
So is it normal for the drive to be "tighter" at one side (maybe this is how it grabs the disc?) or should I have it looked at? Im slightly disappointed its my first mac and I want it to be perfect (i can live with the occasional mooing).
cheers
Graham
MacBook 2.0Ghz 1 Gig ram white Mac OS X (10.4.6) P4 3.2GHz/512MB Ram/160GB SATA HD

Are the disc's you're inserting dual layered? When I
insert a dual layer disc my drive won't even read the
disc. It just holds it for a couple of seconds and
then ejects it back out. You have to have a special
dual layer slot drive to read them (which does not
come with the MacBook, you have to go Pro for that
option). I say this because you said that it only
happens to you some of the time.
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)
2 GHz CoreDuo Processor
The only time a dual-layer disc should NOT work on a superdrive is if it a blank disc. Preburned ones however, will work fine. Same with the Combo drive. Sounds like both of you might want to have your drives looked at and adjusted as needed.

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