On Mon, 21 May 2007 11:22:52 -0700, Andy Cuffe
wrote:

This high end laser disk player from 1990 plays CDs fine, but when a
LD is inserted, it only spins for a few revolutions before it ejects
it. My first instinct would be to say the optical pickup is bad, but
other LD players I've seen with problems try a lot harder to play
before giving up. I don't think it's the spindle motor because when
it's playing a CD it has plenty of torque (I actually can't slow down
the disc by holding the spindle). The pickup moves freely and the
tilt motor is working. Since I don't have a service manual, I'd like
to hear any ideas before I really dive into it.
Andy Cuffe




I found a beat up, but working low end model with the same transport.
To cut a long story short, it was the pickup. Swapping the pickup
from the parts machine into the CLD-92 got it working. It didn't even
need any alignment.

Andy Cuffe