NOTE : For anyone that has watched the video and is attempting to make the repair....at 15:07 note that the rubber sleeve is in TWO HALVES but that the sides are TAPERED with the thicker portion toward the outside ends of the rod. Also pay attention that the tiny plastic bushing / retainers have a raised rail which holds the roller in place once slipped into the black plastic frame. I think that the rubber taper is so that once the rim of the CD slides into the player, ( the center opening has a wider gap ) the progressively thicker rubber sleeve gets a slightly stronger grip as it draws in the CD towards the spindle. This is the BEST repair video I have viewed . THANKS Electronics Fool

Awesome addition. My stereo has a bit of trouble loading certain CD's. It's great to see all the mechanism laid out so I could get some idea of what might be going on. Thanks a ton.

excellent, I am repairing, stereo of my 2004 Chevrolet Malibu car with the same fault, and this video was the only one that gave me the solution greetings from Mexico, I do not speak English, but the way you exemplify is very good

This video helped me get my car DVD working again. Thanks for the time and effort.

VERY nicely-done video! Good clear pictures; well-spoken audio, and understandable verbal description of the various steps. My compliments to you! (And I wish more KZfaq posters would try to emulate the quality of your repair video!

Just fixed a friend's CD player, it had the crack in the gear casing. Crack was between the casing and the flange for the screw that holds it down, so would never have noticed it if I hadn't tried to lift the casing like you suggested, so thanks for your help! Didn't have superglue to hand, so used a resin glue to bond the accessible edge of the casing to the metal underneath, and used a few drops of chlorinated solvent to melt the plastic of the casing back on to the screw flange. Let's see if it holds.

Great video. For the cracked cover repair I used a small safety pin, cropped and bent to hold the cover down using the screw. Thanks for your help.

Awesome Video! I was able to confirm the same cracked gear on my CD Player out of my '04 Nissan Frontier. Being unable to source a new gear, I had plans to try to glue the cracked gear on to the shaft with super glue, but I lost one of the bushings. Instead I ordered a new CD Mechanism off of eBay for a little under $50.

Your the boss. I have a clarion Max 760HD that have similar issue. Now i know how to troubleshoot it. Thanks!

very good,very helpfull.Thx to yr tutorial i managed to fix my own cd player.thx a lot.

Thank you, a really helpful video.

Thanks for the excellent tutorial.

Excelente video. Te felicito. Ha sido de mucha ayuda. Gracias. Samuel from Venezuela. Clarion model 3080 used on Nissan sentra B16.

Thanks for a great video - I had the clicking eject problem and as suggested this was indeed a cracked cover on the gears - a drop of superglue seems to have sorted the problem. the trickiest part was the damper and springs reassembly. Cheers, Phil

awesome video and very helpful

Awesome. The new gear looks cracked too but appears to be working.

Very well presented.sometimes i just file the gears hole a little larger so as to not stress out the gear too much and glue the gear to the shaft. Intricate surgery. Take pictures during , and notes so everything gets back together correctly.

great video!

i fixed my cd player with ur help man, i put some super glue on the gear n it worked, guess it sealed the crack, also superglued the plastic covering down, it had broken off at the edge where it screws in. Got the cd player in my 03 silverado goin for the 1st time like in 10 years.

Огромное спасибо за видео, проблема схожа у меня CLARION PF-3304, решил всё👌 🤝удачи вам

many thanks your effort appreciated

Very useful video for Clarion owners with problem cd transport. My HX-D2 has almost the same transport and sometimes do a false cd grab (cd stays in unit halfway in). Now it seems not so difficult to disassemble it and find out what goes wrong. Thanks!

Thanks a lot for this helpful video . I'll go and fix my cd player

Great vid, repaired my CD player in my 06 Malibu using your instructions. Kind of a PITA , had to remove, and reinstall CD, radio unit twice, once to verify gear damage, and once to install damaged gear. Cost was 10$, but much cheaper than sending to a repair facility which wanted 175 to 200$ to fix. By the way, I found a source for replacement gears, (Ali express), they are sold by brand of CD, and overall diameter of gear,(verify gear size before ordering), and they are sold at 10 part minimum order, and it takes about a month for delivery as they come from China, but at a buck per gear it"s not too bad.

thank you very much, i will try fix the problem with my clarion cd player

Nice job.

Thanks. It helped a lot.

Great video and explanation! This is the exact problem I have, exact same Clarion CD player - and saw the gears from China @ aliexpress but don’t want to wait 3 weeks and don’t need 10 of them. Any chance I could buy 1 or 2 gears from you, in case one cracks?

Hi! Excellent video. Very illustrative. I really appreciate it. I have the same model of CD player on a Toyota Land Cruiser. I did the whole procedure. It had the same broken gear. I had to glue it. Now it loads the CD less than half, then stops and ejects it... It is like if something is stopping it... But, I do not see anything on the way... Any idea what the problem may be??? Please HELP! Thanks a lot in advance!

Un video excelente y de mucha ayuda, muchas gracias

Do I need to re code my cd once it's been taken out of the car thanks for great video

What a great video I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. I have this type in my Chevy 03 truck and the CD broke for the second time now, it doesn't feed or eject. I'm retired and can't pay the big bucks for a factory rebuilt and don't have all the tools to make a gear. Any chance I could buy two from you?

Hi Workbench, greetings from England. Thank you for your really excellent video! Attempting to fix similar Clarion unit from my Nissan Tino V10. Please can you advise as all gear trains seem fine but I still have 'clicking' noises, or rather louder 'clucking' sounds. The roller drive gear seems fine but the 'jackknife mechanical action' shown so clearly in your final bench test is not happening on my bench! :( The sliding white moving parts seem the source of the 'clucking' sound, they shake when test current runs the motor, but do not move to assist loading/unloading. Should the disc ejection sequence first from inside the unit and then through its 'door' happen automatically when the head reaches the end of travel at centre of the CD? Sorry to ask but any help much appreciated! Kind regards, Rob.

In dry climates with risk of static, might be a good idea to stick flex cable from cd head into a piece of conductive foam

Thanks a lot for the tutorial. I have one of those. The gear that drives the rollers is broken, but I observe the foam rollers spin freely over the inner metal rod as well. Should they show some traction? How can I get a spare gear if the glue and heat don't do the trick? Thanks again.

Hi good video please can You Tell me where did You get those sparts gears?

Great video and VERY helpful! This looks like my problem as well on two GM CD players I have. Any chance you are selling any gears? Or have a 3D printable version?

I haven’t read all the comments yet, but just wondering if there is some way to acquire replacement gears. Thanks! And btw, this was an excellent video that helped me re-glue the roller rubber, but I think the gears need to be replaced cause it still doesn’t work…. (I couldn’t tell exactly how you were testing it, so I had to reinstall everything in my car again… bleh… gotta rip it all apart again I guess.) 😅

Another good one from Workbench, looks so, so easy=) Hope you could do my Bose 6 CD player, made by Clarion, for my Infiniti FX 45, year 2004! And, if there is a gear problem, where do I find a gear?? Usually cleaning the switches should do it, right Mr. Workbench??? Thanks again, you are very good!! And you have very good camera too :o)

Hi great video and really helps, I have the clicking noise problem so I assume its the other gear. Is that replacement a similar process

Greetings from mexico

Excellent video and awesome tips think that is the problem with mine too as it all looks same from Suzuki Liana. When I get time I might try this operation, would u send me a gear if I can find which one it is? or could I possibly repair mine with glue and re drill hole?

Hey bro great vid. I just took mine apart and found a crack too, in the wheel gear. I also found the back side bushing completely missing! I understand the bushings should move freely but what about the rubber sleeve? I assume it should be very tight and move with the axle? Is the down pressure when activated enough to hold the rubber sleeve from spinning on the axle?

Very good video. I have a similar issue with a double din cd cassette player from toyota I think is a cd changer. After trying to clean it and putting it back together the motor doesn't pull in or push out the cd it is silent. I must of put the gears or its mechanism on wrong. When I manually turn the gears via the gear system, takes forever, but I can insert and eject the cd manually. The part where you mention to use 6v dc supply is brilliant, I can troubleshoot much easily than sitting in the car. Thanks very helpful.

Muito bom. Parabéns.

Hey what is the symptoms when this type of break happens (Clicking? No Sound? etc)Ty for the great video!

I got to this video after all the research to tackle this issue.. took me abt 2 hours to get to the rubber roller😂😂 Facing similar issue ive just glued it hope it works A question though Is the rubber supposed to be loose and free on the steel shaft or should it be glued to it too Mine one is loose, if the shaft rotates theres a good chance the rubber might not rotate And How did you make that gear if you could share the link for that same TIA Good day

Hello, where can I buy the gear? could you tell me a link?

Gracias

where can I get a wiring diagram for these units

Help please, graet video i have the same cd player for honda accord and the same crack with same gear size but from where i can order and please the model??

where can you order the gear or parts?

Great video! thanks! I have a alpine care stereo older model 9801 it kept ejecting the cd. So stupid me i opened it up can't put it together, couple of springs on either side can't line it up! Maybe U can do a video on that if possible .

This guy knows what he is doing!!! "Good hands, good brain! how Atypical. Wieking Der Viking

19:14 spring is upside down. See at 12:05. Still seems to work okay though.

where can i buy the disk feeder roller gear for clarion vrx485vd

Pu-2471a same mechanism ?

I assume you don’t want to sell gears to everyone in the comments asking for them, but could you maybe mention how you made them?

16:00 who's knocking that thing...u got 3 hands?

What is the funtion of orange colour board on to the black plate

Hey I was able to get it to load and eject the discs again but it only will play like half of my discs randomly. Even in a 4 disc set it will only play 2 of them but not the others. WTH is goin on here? Took it apart again cleaned lens with some alcohol and same crap!@!!

Can I use a six volt battery for a power source?

I have 2 Clarion units with small drive gear broken and need to source replacements are you able to sell me 2? or give me the Clarion part number

Donde puedo adquirir esa rueda dentada?

I need a gear man

Great video! Anyone have an extra gear they could mail me? I've ordered 10 from AliExpress, which might take a month, but I'd like to fix it sooner.

any chance I could get you to FedEx me one of those gears. I will give you my ship number!

Great video and explanation! This is the exact problem I have, exact same Clarion CD player - and saw the gears from China @ aliexpress but don’t want to wait 3 weeks and don’t need 10 of them. Any chance I could buy 1 or 2 gears from you, in case one cracks?