An information handling system may include a chassis, a bay within the chassis for receiving a modular information handling resource, and a pulley assembly within the chassis and adjacent to the bay, the pulley assembly comprising a handle mechanically rotatable between a closed position and an open position, a pulley subsystem comprising a pulley cable mechanically coupled to the handle, and a carrier mechanically coupled to the pulley subsystem and configured such that the modular information handling resource rests on the carrier when the modular information handling resource is installed in the information handling system. The pulley assembly may be arranged such that force applied to the handle when the handle is in the open position provides a mechanical advantage via the pulley subsystem to mechanically translate the carrier in accordance with the force and the mechanical advantage to cause at least partial removal of the modular information handling resource from the bay in response to the force.