Hello, My CD mechanism is not acting right on my CD8 Rockola Nostalgia Bubbler Jukebox... First off, after viewing a few good Youtube videos of some 45 Rockola mechanisms and getting a good idea on how to take them apart, clean, and lubricate, I started to look at my mechanism on the CD8. They look similar but the very first thing I noticed ( and started to worry about ) is that thegears on the CD8 'appear' to be made of a plastic (black). I played with the mechanism a bit and can determine that mine is definitely a bit 'gummy'. If I play the juke for a while, and it gets warm in there, it seems to operate just fine. This Juke is set up to turn itself on after a power outage and the 'attract' mode is also set.After some storms here not long ago, we lost poser at the house, but I was not here when the power came back on. When I did get home and noticed the Juke was on, I looked and no CD was on the player. I opened the door and about 30-40 CDs fell out. The CD8 had apparently tried to play some random CD's, but when it tried to return them to the carousel, it could not hold on to them. When, as I said earlier, I was examining the mechanism in action, I saw where, when readyto replace the CD in the carousel, the front part of the 'bow' would just barely grab the CD andkind of cause it to flip almost. Sometimes, the CD would stay on the CDPRO player and othertimes it would flip the CD off the player but never return it. Now, all that sounds (to me) like the mechanism needs cleaned and lubricated for sure BUT, as I got down to the same level with myeye as the CD player, I notice the the CD player was no longer 'touching" the "L" brackets that hold the CD pro player down. The CD player was down about 3/8" (maybe 5-6mm) from the bracket. Then as I manually operated the CD lift mechanism, I could see that as the outer part of the bow tried to grab the edge of the CD, it was actually grabbing just at the bottom edge of the bow as the CD player was lower than it had been before. Has anyone ever seen this? I carefully took off the springs from the feet of the CD player and stretched them a bit, bringing the CDplayer back up to the normal position which just below and barely touching the "L" brackets that hold the player down at the two opposite corners. The mechanism, despite the fact that i still is a bit gummy and (IMHO) needs to be disassembled, cleanedand lubed, is now working fine. If picks up the CD from the player and places it back in the carousel. I guess I have rambled on too much about the springs collapsing, but on to some seasoned advice from allof you. I still plan on taking out the pin and cleaning and lubing the mechanism. I am seeking advice and warnings in doing so. Since the gears at the end are plastic, does this restrict the type of lubrication when re-assembling. It appears to me that the factory using a white grease instead of oil.I could be wrong on that but it looks like it white grease dried up to me. Does this mechanism follow the same disassemble and reassemble as the older ones for a 45 with all metal gears, albeit it a pot metal type of metallic gear? On a few videos I have seen, they suggest to place some oil and it penetrate the mechanism and that that processwill sometimes save the hassle of disassembly. I sure do not want to do that as I afraid what the oil may drip upon.Also, I like the visible mechanism on this juke and would not want to see it all oily. I apologize for the extra length, but want to give sufficient info for the helpers! I thank you all in advance,Ron Parker
You need to get the gripper arm freed up and I’m guessing you have probably stripped the fiber gear that meshes with the steel gear on the gripper motor. I have changed out many. Common issue on this model
On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 3:49 PM ron jukebox via Jukebox-list < jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com> wrote:
Hello, My CD mechanism is not acting right on my CD8 Rockola Nostalgia Bubbler Jukebox... First off, after viewing a few good Youtube videos of some 45 Rockola mechanisms and getting a good idea on how to take them apart, clean, and lubricate, I started to look at my mechanism on the CD8. They look similar but the very first thing I noticed ( and started to worry about ) is that thegears on the CD8 'appear' to be made of a plastic (black). I played with the mechanism a bit and can determine that mine is definitely a bit 'gummy'. If I play the juke for a while, and it gets warm in there, it seems to operate just fine. This Juke is set up to turn itself on after a power outage and the 'attract' mode is also set.After some storms here not long ago, we lost poser at the house, but I was not here when the power came back on. When I did get home and noticed the Juke was on, I looked and no CD was on the player. I opened the door and about 30-40 CDs fell out. The CD8 had apparently tried to play some random CD's, but when it tried to return them to the carousel, it could not hold on to them. When, as I said earlier, I was examining the mechanism in action, I saw where, when readyto replace the CD in the carousel, the front part of the 'bow' would just barely grab the CD andkind of cause it to flip almost. Sometimes, the CD would stay on the CDPRO player and othertimes it would flip the CD off the player but never return it. Now, all that sounds (to me) like the mechanism needs cleaned and lubricated for sure BUT, as I got down to the same level with myeye as the CD player, I notice the the CD player was no longer 'touching" the "L" brackets that hold the CD pro player down. The CD player was down about 3/8" (maybe 5-6mm) from the bracket. Then as I manually operated the CD lift mechanism, I could see that as the outer part of the bow tried to grab the edge of the CD, it was actually grabbing just at the bottom edge of the bow as the CD player was lower than it had been before. Has anyone ever seen this? I carefully took off the springs from the feet of the CD player and stretched them a bit, bringing the CDplayer back up to the normal position which just below and barely touching the "L" brackets that hold the player down at the two opposite corners. The mechanism, despite the fact that i still is a bit gummy and (IMHO) needs to be disassembled, cleanedand lubed, is now working fine. If picks up the CD from the player and places it back in the carousel. I guess I have rambled on too much about the springs collapsing, but on to some seasoned advice from allof you. I still plan on taking out the pin and cleaning and lubing the mechanism. I am seeking advice and warnings in doing so. Since the gears at the end are plastic, does this restrict the type of lubrication when re-assembling. It appears to me that the factory using a white grease instead of oil.I could be wrong on that but it looks like it white grease dried up to me. Does this mechanism follow the same disassemble and reassemble as the older ones for a 45 with all metal gears, albeit it a pot metal type of metallic gear? On a few videos I have seen, they suggest to place some oil and it penetrate the mechanism and that that processwill sometimes save the hassle of disassembly. I sure do not want to do that as I afraid what the oil may drip upon.Also, I like the visible mechanism on this juke and would not want to see it all oily. I apologize for the extra length, but want to give sufficient info for the helpers! I thank you all in advance,Ron Parker
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