15-01-2015, 11:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 15-01-2015, 11:26 AM by Old Sparky.)
(15-01-2015, 10:41 AM)Refugee Wrote: It the motor geared or belt drive?
Many are part belt and part geared.
On VCRs the motor has a belt linking the loading motor to the geared section and it stretches and slips and causes loading failure.
You need to gain visible access to the loading motor and see where the drive is slipping and help it by hand.
If this results in success change the drive belt.
An "O" ring will often do the job.
I haven't yet, checked how the loading motor drive is configured, but, from what I can see through the bottom plate of the mechanism, it appears to be gear driven, but I'll check further. Hope it's something simple, like a stretched or broken belt. As you no doubt know, some of these CD autochangers have quite complex mechanisms, and I'm reluctant to dismantle any more than I have to. I've no idea what caused a tray from the magazine to jam part way out of the Mag. in the first place. As there is no obvious damage to tray, magazine, or the visible parts of the mechanism, this could be a 'chicken & egg' situation! In the meantime I've ordered a Service Manual from one of the on-line firms, in the hope that it includes mechanism servicing info!
