my sony dvp-ns41p dvd player from costco stopped working after about 14 months with a "can't read this disc" type of message and after taking the top of I could see the disc was not turning. I gave the disc a little push and off it went but only for a minute or so, then when I tried pushing it again it would not move. I disconnected the motor terminals from the board and ohmed it out. It read's as an open circuit so I figure the motor is shot. I removed the motor and the label reads

mabuchi
rf-300f-12350
D/V 13.0

I went to the mabuchi motor web site and I can see lots of spindle motors but not this one. The closest seems to be the rf-300fa-12350 which is a 1.5V to 6.0V motor. I also found some web pages on how to transplant new brushes into this motor from a donor motor. Since my motor is toast anyway I took the back off following the procedure and could see that they teeeny little brushes were worn to a nub. Problem is I don't have a donor motor handy so I keep looking for a replacement. It seems from the mabuchi web site that maybe this motor isn't sold on the open market but only to sony. It seems so poorly made that sony must have begged them to squeeze every last cent out of the poor little thing.

When I google the part number I do finds some potential suppliers.
One is Impel electronic spare parts. They say that they have imported spare parts from Singapore for the Polish market up to 2005 and since then have opened an E-store for the EC and will sell this motor for 3.09 Euros. I'm a little bit concerned however because they have a photo of the motor on their web site and the label on the motor reads:

mabuchi
rf-300f-12350
D/V 5.9

The D/V number 5.9 does not match the 13.0 on my motor so I wonder if this is really the right replacement motor.

Another supplier is mat electronics, They describe this part number as working with SONY DVP NS325/425 and Philips DVP 642 as a HIGH FAILURE PART! I believe the HIGH FAILURE PART! On the Mat web site they show a photo that looks like the correct motor but the label is fuzzed out so you can't really read if this is a mabuchi motor or not and I can't read the D/V number from the picture. I emailed them and Mike says that he can't say anything more than it's a 12V motor and will work with the listed models.
the price is 3.95 + 2.00(handling) + 6.50(shipping) about 12.50 without tax.
Well my model wasn't one of the listed models so I'm a little concerned.

If this were the real deal I would buy it. has anyone else tired this part? Is it
a real mabuchi motor and will I be able to use it as a replacement?