Noisy CD tray

[Stubies]

Lathe and chisels won't do much good in this case. Getting to the tray loading belt can involve the removal of the front panel, which requires a fair knowledge of how different manufacturers fit their front panels. If you get that wrong you might not be able to put the front panel back again.
In some cases you can get to the belt by removing the top cover. But again, that is not guaranteed. So if you can't manage to physically get to the belt the mod won't do you any good.

I recently completed the same fix on my NAD C 541 CD player (eventually the belt stops working altogether)- and Stan is right, the face plates and other bits that had to come off were tricky. But they did go back on - and it plays great and looks new!

If you do decide to do it. As a heads up, there were no OEM belts available (the service-women asked if i was the original purchaser, and even commented on my age! ha!), so i purchased a couple of these, and found one that fit just fine:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RUBBER-DRI...item43b22c735e
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Pack-35...item5af2d557ce
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Mixed-5...item5af34766e9

[StanleyB]

You can flip the belt round so that the smoothed out section is now facing outwards from the idler wheel. You then have to use a sharp needle to make grip marks on the idler like the tracks on a car tyre. This will solve the problem when no belts can be found to replace the original.

[Gordon Steadman]

I recently completed the same fix on my NAD C 541 CD player (eventually the belt stops working altogether)- and Stan is right, the face plates and other bits that had to come off were tricky. But they did go back on - and it plays great and looks new!

If you do decide to do it. As a heads up, there were no OEM belts available (the service-women asked if i was the original purchaser, and even commented on my age! ha!), so i purchased a couple of these, and found one that fit just fine:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RUBBER-DRI...item43b22c735e
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Pack-35...item5af2d557ce
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Mixed-5...item5af34766e9

Great, thanks for that.

[Gordon Steadman]

You can flip the belt round so that the smoothed out section is now facing outwards from the idler wheel. You then have to use a sharp needle to make grip marks on the idler like the tracks on a car tyre. This will solve the problem when no belts can be found to replace the original.

Could I use a chisel rather than a sharp needle?

[StanleyB]

It's your equipment so you can use what you want.

[Rare Bird]

I always always get nervous dropping a CD into a tray after an accident i had a few years back where as the CD failed to lift out of the tray full leaving my CD playing surface marked.