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There is a plastic part inside my DVD player that is broken. Where
can I get the part?

The DVD player came out of an Xbox 360 and it is a Hitachi GDR-3120L
FK78 drive. I've opened it up and there are several gears inside.
One is a rack that slides left to right as the tray opens and closes.
There is a pin sticking out of it that moves in a track on the tray.
This pin is broken. I need to replace this entire piece. The piece
has this number stamped on it - JD5X WW2-4.

To see a picture of it click he
http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair...mbly%20034.jpg

On the left side of that picture there is a rack and pinion. The rack
is shown vertically with the teeth near the bottom. At the top is
small pin, that is part of the rack, and it is broken. Where can I
get this part?

Thanks,
Don

I have seen that drive in something else, but I'm blowed if I can remember
what. In any event, you are unlikely to be able to get individual parts. At
best it would be a sub-deck without the laser fitted, but in general, such
decks are supplied complete.

Usually, broken pins can be 'remade'. It's normally possible to find a
similar sized pin-shaped piece of plastic on a scrap deck, that can be
culled, and grafted into the bad deck by drilling through where the original
pin has broken off, and then 'tight fitting' the replacement pin with a spot
of superglue. The whole job can then be reinforced with a small amount of
two part epoxy resin, set around where the pin meets the surface it is set
in. If you can't find a suitable plastic pin, you can sometimes get away
with using a small nail, suitably cut down and filed, which you again fit
through a drilled hole, until the head comes up against the piece that you
are fitting it to. You can then apply the tip of a soldering iron to the
nail head, to melt it into the plastic. Finish off with two part epoxy, as
before.

I do this sort of repair all the time to 'save' items for my customers,
which would otherwise be an economic write off. If the deck was working ok
electronically, before suffering its mechanical failure, then you might as
well give it a go. It's knackered now from a practical point of view, so you
really haven't got anything to lose by trying.

Arfa