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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: CDRom2 Middle Gear Replacement - Washer needed or no? Replacement sources?]

Thanks for the input, guys. Thick paper isn't a bad idea... Perhaps I could get away with some thin cardstock. I tried a small dab of Krazy Glue on a gear, but ended up freezing the whole works. Scratch one of my 3 gears (for 2 drives)

Curious - does the middle gear have to be free-moving? i.e. it's not "glued" to the spindle as the other two gears are?

Mention of using paper as a washer has me wondering if I could get away with setting up a dab of rubber cement or even hot-glue on the spindle without touching the gear, using it to constrain lateral movement of the middle gear along the spindle to a minimum... hmm.

I'll see what I can come up with and report back - thanks again for the input

[Console Repair/Mod Center / CDRom2 Middle Gear Replacement - Washer needed or no? Replacement sources?]

Hey, folks. Long-time lurker and Turbo List member here. I've been away quite awhile, but am back as I've (finally) gotten around to repairing my TG16 CDs.

I've just swapped my middle gear with an ebay special (totally forgot about Keith's replacement gear here - doh!). Googled the procedure. All methods that I found said just to pull off the middle gear. But, found reference on Console5 about a washer on the middle gear but couldn't get removed and stupidly just snatched off along with the old gear. DOH!

So is that washer really necessary? And if so, what are my options to replace it?

Also, after replacement, my drive is stuck at zero and doesn't spin. Moving the laser assembly doesn't help. I suspect that I need to clean and lube my worm gear and will be doing that next. Anything else that I should be on the look-out for?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: REPAIR GUIDE - TG16 CD/PCE CD laser swap guide (pictorial)]

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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: REPAIR GUIDE - TurboExpress: Total capacitor replacement chart]

Does anyone sell ceramic/tantalum cap kits for the TE? - I can find all the radials I need, but searching through other types of caps really confuses me (electronics newbie here, though I can solder pretty much anything)