Hi, I'm new here. I recently purchased a pioneer cld-1070 from a thrift store. When I tried to eject the tray to try a movie , all the player did was make a low sound like it was trying to move the tray but nothing else. I opened the player and noticed the tray looked crooked, I'm including some pictures of what I believe is the problem. On the right side, the metal bracket that lifts the tray has a black peg that I'm assuming should be in the groove of the tray. Im just looking for confirmation regarding that and I would also like some guidance on how to take that bracket off to get it aligned with the tray again. Thanks in advance for any help.

In most likeliness, the player probably just needs a new loading belt to fix all the tray movement issues.

As for what you are perceiving as alignment issues, I can't say as I would need a pic of what you are referring to.

Since you can't get it to eject, you will need to eject the tray manually, without electricity. The player unplugged, with the top cover removed. You insert your left thumb under the tray on the left side and you will feel the gear wheel that is responsible for the ejection movement. Your fingernail goes between a set of teeth on the gear wheel, and you put pressure to turn in the direction of the rear of the player. When enough pressure is applied, the tray should begin to come out enough that you can pull it out the rest of the way.

You just need to bring the tray out enough to expose the loading belt, which needs to be removed from the two pulleys. Use a fine tipped tool, such as a small screwdriver or tweezers, to lift the belt off the wheel. You will need to put the new loading belt on in a similar way. The general idea is that the diameter of the new belt will be slightly smaller than the one you are replacing to account for the lost loading/eject function because of the stretching of the rubber over several decades.