Wow, you are TOO kind guys!
Thanks so much for you help!
I looked again at the capacitors and do look to be marked, rather then leaking (marked "2" left to right - blue marking, black marking respectivly, no smell, the paint (if it is "the paint"
) is dry. No 3 lookes a bit iffy (no smell though) - but the paint/leaking is purple - strange colour for electrolite? What color are these capacitor leakages supposed to be?
I will try to remove the laser unit from its legs after i get some lube tomorrow. The legs have been glued on and I will have to pry them through the openings.
I'm posting my private message conversation with Blue Meanie here as well - for future reference of other Head-Fiers, as i don't think this was mentioned anywhere before...
CD Imbalance problem and a possible solution:
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Originally Posted by Ubijza
The spindle come off a couple of times too -when I was taking a CD off without pressing down on it. and the CD does go up and down a bit when spinning... What is so interesting about it anyway?
I will tell you what is so interesting about it:
About a month ago I purchased an inoperative Sony Sports discman. It would spin up, try to read a disc, then shut down. Being a water-resistant Sports model, there was no obviously easy was to take it apart (no visible screws). While looking inside for access, I noticed that the spindle motor clamp had one open spot where I could see the red o-ring. Seemed odd to me that there was only one spot like this. Upon further inspection, I noticed that the one with the red o-ring showing had been covered by black plastic like the other 2 spots, but had been broken off. Speculating that the missing black piece was either causing the spindle to be unbalanced when spinning, or causing the CD to not be exactly centered on the spindle, I took a small slotted jewelers screwdriver and gently pried the other 2 pieces up, and removed them, making the remaining assembly symmetrical. Snapped on a CD, and VOILA! Where it would not play ANY CDs originally, it now plays redbook and CDRs perfectly. Strange but true. The only problem is that I have to press down with a finger on the center of the spindle to keep it from popping off when removing a CD. I'm only guessing, but the imbalance caused by the problem with your spindle may be making it difficult for your player to read CDRs. I am only relating my experience. What you choose to do is entirely up to you.
(sorry about my mistake, BM
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