Recently bought 4 players from someone who had been collecting electronic stuff.One of them is the Elite. He mentioned some sticking with the door/tray. Only hooked it up briefly this morning. When the tray slides out, sounds like it is struggling. Need grease? Haven't opened up a player before, but am definitely looking forward to it!

My question is: What model is this based on?

Welcome to the forum.

The CLD-91 is the Elite version of the CLD-3070.

A post from blam in another thread pretty much sums it up:


If you haven't worked on a player before, tread carefully. The loading mechanism on these players is much more complex than later models.

What models are the other players?

Agreed, you have to disassemble the loading gear section, clean off the old grease and apply something like the white lithium grease. This is a pretty big job as with players this old you have to put the gears back in the correct timing.