The invention relates to an optical reading device (1), for reading stored data on a rotating recording medium (2), comprising a reading head (10); at least one guide device (11), for guiding the reader head (10) along a predetermined track; at least one bearing device (12), connected to the reading head (10), for supporting the at least one guiding device (11) and with at least one elastic pre-tensioning device (13) to provide a static preload on the at least one guide device (11) to pretension the above and the bearing device (12), connected to the reading head (10), against each other, in order to eliminate a relative displacement. |