William Sommerwerck wrote:
So taking that all into consideration, I took some needle nose
pliers and slightly tweaked the metal pin that was misaligned with
the hole in the carousel. Now it fits just fine when the cam
elevates the play mechanism into position.

I say -- without sarcasm -- that it's gratifying when common sense
works. (It so rarely does when servicing electronic equipment.)

The reason this wasn't solved sooner was that there was no obvious
/reason/ why the pin should have been misaligned in the first place.
How /could/ it have gotten misaligned?

I had a similar problem 40 years ago. I pulled out my Nikon F and
discovered the film advance was jammed. It turned out the take-up hub
had been BENT at the middle, as if someone had banged it with a
mallet. How did it happen? I never learned.

The pin probably wasn't misaligned in the CD player. Anywhere along the line
there could have been something that was warped. But the easiest way to
correct it was to just tweak the pin.

By the way, that Nikon F is a sweet camera. (-:


Thanks for your reply.
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David Farber
Los Osos, CA