Well, I acquired another broken TGCD drive with dock from a friend. The middle gear was questionable but worked. I recapped the drive and ended up having a bad laser as well. I installed a new laser I had received from Keith Courage awhile back. I dialed in the pots and played the crap out of it. After sitting for about a week I went to test it again and found the drive wouldn't work. Took it apart and found the middle gear was the culprit but it would work again if I bumped it free. I decided to replace the gear being very careful not to lose the holding clip. While re-installing the clip with the new gear in place I dropped it into the assembly somewhere. The bitch is I've torn the thing completely apart and cannot find the clip anywhere and I've spent the last 2 hours or so trying to find it.
I am mucho pissed at myself right now. So, how screwed am I? Am I going to be forced to start buying up cheap CD mechanisms to find a suitable replacement or does somebody know of a source for one?
Talk to choijimmy. https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=20766.0 (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=20766.0)
Quote from: Keith Courage on 05/16/2016, 01:37 AMTalk to choijimmy. https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=20766.0 (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=20766.0)
Thank you for the link sir!
replacements are impossible to find as no one else seems to have ever used such a small retaining clip, however what i use is a c-ring - i think that's what they're called and they can be found in sizes below 2mm id. They're still a little big but careful squeezing with pliers you can close the gap down to around the 1.5mm required.
I make a clip from a cap lead
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