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Should I grease CD player drawer gear?
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<blockquote data-quote="gbyleveldt" data-source="post: 80995" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>Heh, now here's a classic case of a bunch of guys doing things a little different, no-one really being right or wrong <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Personally, I seldom grease the teeth of the tray where it connects with the gear. I only ever grease the axle and maybe the guides in the tray. My misguided theory here is that applying anything sticky to something else will cause said something to attract all kinds of undesirables. If something had to stick to the guides that won't be an issue because it'll simply be pushed away and can't jam anything. But should something get stuck to the gear or the teeth of the tray it'll jam quicker than you can say Mississippi. Anyway, the period of contact between the gear and the tray teeth is brief, thus there's little friction. The guides for the tray is a different matter as the build up of friction is more severe. Same with the axle on the tray gear, high friction, low chance of jamming.</p><p></p><p>Again, that's my jaded view on CD transports <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gbyleveldt, post: 80995, member: 122"] Heh, now here's a classic case of a bunch of guys doing things a little different, no-one really being right or wrong :D Personally, I seldom grease the teeth of the tray where it connects with the gear. I only ever grease the axle and maybe the guides in the tray. My misguided theory here is that applying anything sticky to something else will cause said something to attract all kinds of undesirables. If something had to stick to the guides that won't be an issue because it'll simply be pushed away and can't jam anything. But should something get stuck to the gear or the teeth of the tray it'll jam quicker than you can say Mississippi. Anyway, the period of contact between the gear and the tray teeth is brief, thus there's little friction. The guides for the tray is a different matter as the build up of friction is more severe. Same with the axle on the tray gear, high friction, low chance of jamming. Again, that's my jaded view on CD transports :D [/QUOTE]
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