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Subject: Re: Sony CDP-C335 carousel doesn't align with clamping assembly.
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"David Farber" <farberbear.uns...@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> This Sony CDP-C335 is just a few millimeters away from working properly. 
> When the 5 disk carousel rotates the CD into place, the clamping mechanism 
> closes but the metal pin in the clamping mechanism which is supposed to 
> line up with the hole in the carousel is not lining up properly. It either 
> makes a loud snapping noise as the pin forces its way through the hole in 
> the carousel or the clamping mechanism jams completely as it cannot force 
> its way into place since the alignment between the two is off. The belt in 
> the carousel mechanism has good tension and is not slipping. Anyone seen 
> this problem before?
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> -- 
> David Farber
> Los Osos, CA


You know, I rather think I have, but I can't for the life of me remember 
what was causing it. Was it a mechanical alignment issue maybe ? I have a 
dim recollection of something geared being a tooth out. A further dim 
recollection is of letting it settle in the jammed position, then 
de-powering and undoing the screw in the centre of the carousel, and lifting 
it to disengage it from its drive so that it could be rotated to line up 
correctly, before dropping it down again, and refitting the screw. I might 
be thinking of something else entirely, but something is chiming deep in the 
shadowy recesses of what passes for my mind ...      :-)

Arfa