How to fix factory CD Player

COZWV · December 26, 2003

Heres how I have fixed 2 of them. Our company trucks get a lot of dust (Road Construction) Had symptoms. ERR on display, eject CD, wont play even though you hear it trying to read disc. etc........

I take the radio out and take the top cover off. There is a hole on top about 1" in diameter. If you look towards the back (inside) of the cd player you will see the Laser eye. It runs on a worm gear (gear runs diagonal to CD player and is about 1/16th" in diam.).

I took some WD 40 on the straw that comes with it ( or whatever you can use to dab it on inside of the small space. Spray it into a cup or something so you can dab it on the gear) and carefully touched a couple of drops onto the worm gear and no more problems! ( I was very careful not to touch oil to anything else inside ) Fixed first one over a year ago and it and second one still work fine.

I would say that the grease on the worm gear is collecting dust and causing laser eye to bind. WD 40 thins it out. Dont have any pics because I'm a procrastinator who keeps waiting for the 5 Megapixel Cameras to drop in price.

COZWV

Mods if you agree please tack this because it will save people a lot of money!

terry2004 · December 28, 2003

good info on the cd fix ,since even i have updated to cd [had cassette]you should have to wait no longer on the camera the prices have droped alot .i got one for x-mas, 5megapixel kodak.now if you will get one you can tell me how to send pics to the forum.thanks