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Posted by Adrian C on 05/21/06 20:17
Lobster wrote:
> We have a portable DVD player, which is suffering from a collapsed hub -
> ie the bit in the middle upon which you push down the DVD to engage it,
> fitted over the end of the motor spindle. It has three tiny radial
> spring-loaded bits which apply hold the DVD in position, one has gone
> awol and a bit of plastic has broken off. DVDs now won't play at all
> (they wobble in the drive).
>
> I was just looking at a portable CD player, and the hub looks extremely
> similar. So I'm wondering about cannibalising a cheap (broken?) CD
> player for its hub: am I likely to be able to get them off the motor
> spindles, and are all spindles likely to be the same diameter?
Sounds like a plan if it fits!
Read <http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/cdfaq.htm#cdspmotrep>. Try to ensure
you don't lose the original height setting for the hub, otherwise you
might (it sez) have problems with focus, or maybe not ;-)
--
Adrian C
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