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If the spindle motor's platter height is off, focus will fail.

The new spindle motor came mounted on the supporting chassis with a
new
pulley already assembled. I think that the height is correct. Since
the player
behaves like before, the old motor should be still ok an not the cause
for the
problem.
How can I check the focus? AFAIK that's what the FE-Pin is for, but
there is
nothing to worry about. I've seen that signal clipping in other
players but that
is not the case here.

Could have a clamping problem

What is that?

I've seen some Onkyo models have a cracked wormscrew gear
which caused erratic playing and startup problems.

There is no wormscrew in this one...


Lasse

I think you are going to need a service manual for this one.

The clamper is that portion of the mechanism which maintains the physical
contact of the disc to the spindle motor platter.

The FE is the Focus Error test point. Irrelevant until the unit is playing.

You originally said the unit just needed a new lens. Did you actually have
any playing problems? The KSS-150 and 210 are interchangeable, but an old
one you had laying around could have problems of it's own.

Might be a good idea to put everything back to original configuration and
start over.


Mark Z.