So I ordered 5 540-3025 for $15 off of ebay.com. And note, I easily could have had my manager okay getting 3 additional drives from my Ultra 24. Really, it is that easy. But DYI and blogging are fun!

The spuds were too tall. We can see here that we have room for 3 additional drives:

And yet we can only add two spuds here:

Note that the middle one is not even aligned properly into a slot!

So first off, if I just wanted to add one drive, the spud would work without any modification. Secondly, I'm not upset with the seller on eBay.com - I took a calculated risk on these spuds. Thirdly, I have a dremel and I'm not afraid to use it!

I did a quick visual comparison of the old spud and the new one, it looks like the top can easily be cut off at these points:

I can better show this with a red line in the back:

It won't effect the hinge and it looks easy enough to do. The first pass on the first spud is shown here:

I took my time and probably made it harder than it really was. You can see here how raggedy it looks:

That will need to be smoothed down. I don't need perfection, but I don't want to cut myself putting a drive in. I also don't want any pieces falling off due to vibrations and being sucked into a fan! A close up can really show how unacceptable this is:

I also want to show you a before and after picture so you can see what I took off:

I then quickly started on the second spud, focusing on cutting out portions:

I don't show the final results, but I did smoother cuts and I didn't have to sand it as much.

And we can see the two spuds added to the Ultra 24:

Okay, now I just need the drives to show up!