About 3 full circumferences did the job for me.Īdding less tape muffled the noise a bit but didn't fix it and adding more just made the gears slide so after several attempts I landed on 3. Here I'd like to note that this is just an observation by a newbie, I've been tinkering with all kinds of electronics for about 20 years now but I've only recently ventured into Hi-Fi territory.Īfter cleaning and lubricating everything thoroughly the sound persisted so i figured i would need to improve the "grip" of the gears so I thought of teflon tape. I'm afraid adding rigidity to the axle may not fix the issue as after watching the mechanism closely I came to the conclusion that is actually the lower narrower section of the white gear that skips making that awful rattling sound. I actually registered just to reply as I was struggling with this for the past 2 weeks.
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I may soon forget how to get er back together.lol Its actually very clean inside this unit and the white gear looks like no wear with grease still present on the shaft.
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So i have two questions.ġ) is there a way to tighten this free bore in the shaft hole or on the white wheel shaft?Ģ) is there a replacement white gear available for this unit? Its labeled 1995 on the back of the unit. Maybe he replaced the white gear but doesnt show it being replaced as the video is edited in places. I am wondering if there is a way to tighten up this free bore space of the white wheel shaft so that the gears stay meshed? While in the video it shows the guy cleaning the rails etc. When i pull the gear out, the eye reader slides nice and freely. What appears to be happening is, the male shaft on the white wheel in mention, is a bit wobbly inside the female hole that it sits in. Is it a frequent occurrence that a carousel would be a bit tippy (off-balance) with age in CD changers? Even so, it makes me wonder why a fully loaded carousel solves the issue.Hi.thanks for all the quick replies folks.
I will try to take a picture of this, if anyone is interested to see. The rail/frame that holds the laser and the spinner/motor appears spring-loaded on one end, and the carousel appears spring-loaded at the bottom too. Perhaps that's the reason for the lock it has on the bottom for transporting it. When everything is closed, you can actually slide things around a little inside the chassis. As I said above, the whole device, along with the buttons, slides out when you OPEN. I can't figure out if the device is actually mounted solid to the frame anywhere, or if the frame simply limits its movement by metal tabs. This unit is quite a contraption in the way it was designed. If not, would it be worth taking this unit to an audio repair shop and having them look at it?Īnyone ever encounter this sort of a problem or have any experience with this unit?Ĭlick to expand.I will definitely experiment! I was wondering if there is something simple I could do to get it to read. It sounds like it's trying - I can hear those "scratchy" sounds that CD players make when they initialize a disc and try to get its info, but this player just keeps doing that and cannot actually start any song or display any CD info. So it seems that everything else is fine, but no reading. However, the CD changer is ill - the disc spins and spins aimlessly but the player just fails to read it! The display screen shows everything like it should, all the buttons work perfectly, the carriage and the carousel moves like it should, the discs are changed perfectly within the carousel. The amp and the tuner seem to be working just fine and deliver very nice sound. I just procured an Onkyo bundle for a good deal, including the A-RV401 amp, TA-RW303 tape deck, T-403 tuner, and DX-C101 5-disc CD changer.