CD problem with transport. Please help

I am not familiar with your players transport but if it is anything like my scd-1 then lubing the spindle motor guide rails (steel) as well as grease the gear mechanism (steel & plastic) is a possible solution. For oil I would use small electric motor oil it comes in a small clear tube from radio shack. As for grease use white lithium grease(the creamy kind, no spray).

If you do not feel comfortable tearing into your player or if it is still under warranty you may want to send it to a qualified technician (I can give you the name of one if needed)

I did this very same thing to my scd-1 and it is very delicate work as I had to remove the transport from the player to work on it. If yours is that involved you will also need an earth band (ground yourself) to prevent static discharges. And unless you are very familiar with your players internals a service manual is handy.

try one of the photo lens blowers and blow the dust off. Easy does it. But don't lubricate the rails. When the disc spins it may smear the oil all over the place.

Audphile1 makes a good point about dusting of the lens while you are in there but lubricating the rails, if indeed this player has them, will not cause oil to fling around inside the player when the disc spins. By design this is impossible. The service manual to my scd-1 says to lubricated the rails when performing maintenance on the player.

Chuck

All great answers , but ...
I have had transport problems in the past . They would start out with something small , as yours . With continued use the problem would grow to the point of not working ! The transports could not be repaired and were replaced !

Why not just wait to see if the problem gets worse as mine did . If it is still under warranty , call the customer service dept. and notify them .

Good luck .

Well of course it will get worse with continued use. If something is binding and putting excess load on the motor eventually it is going to fail which is why it needs to be addressed now rather than later. It is not going to heal itself.

Chuck