Time Machine Ejecting Second HD and Failing to Backup

Hey everyone, first time posting after many years of getting great tips and help here!
So I've been dealing with this error for the last 3 days. Basically, I have a 13in Macbook Pro with a Second 2TB HD in place of the DVD drive.
When I run Time Machine, somewhere in the backup process it ejects the 2nd HD and fails to backup. I have done the following:
- Tried backing up to my 6TB firewire drive, used exclusively for Time Machine. Didn't work.
- Tried backing up to a 4tb USB3 drive, used exclusively for Time Machine. Didn't work.
- Reinstalled OS X, tried Time Machine on a new installation, didn't work.
- Tried using console to isolate a problematic file and tried to exclude it from the backup, didn't work and another file immediately became problematic. Here's an example of the error.
- Formatted ALL my drives, reinstalled and restored everything. Still the same error -
11/27/14 12:37:46.859 PM com.apple.backupd[180]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Production HD/Komplete/Damage Library/Samples/Damage 001.nkx to (null)
What's strange is that the drive works perfectly fine and when I try to back it up using Carbon Copy Cloner it does so without a glitch.
Any one have any insight on what could possibly be going on here? Below are the details:
MacBookPro9,2
Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10
16GB
System Drive: Samsung SSD 830
Data Drive: Samsung Seagate Momentus SpinPoint ST2000LM003 2TB
Time Machine Drive: WD My Book 1230 Media
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Not sure what to try at this point.

Start with Section C in the 1st linked article.
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