Dreamcast GD rom drive rail plastic piece

Onyx Jaguar

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So I was working on a gdrom drive in a dreamcast and it all went smoothly except for a plastic piece on the gear rail (looks like it goes on the ridges of the metal as it were) went flying off.

Now i cant find the fucker. Looking up cdrom drive rail, gdrom assembly and all that jazz online yields a million results and none of them are relevant.

Basically when reassembled the laser portion is "loose" and kind of floats freely, so I can't make adjustments to test the actual laser portion as it isnt moving properly.

Does anyone know what this piece is called or if they have a suitable piece that would work as a replacement?
 
Oh man i know what youre talking about....its the guide that rests within the grooves of the motor driven spiral metal rod which is what moves the laser.....shit. Thats a touch piece to find. You are looking for the white plastic piece i circled in red(picture is of bottom side of laser assembly)?
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I hope you find it. If not youll need another laser assembly. I hate it when it is just a stupid little part like that.
 
Yeah! It's that SOB. I would have probably had to 3D print it at this point. What's cool is that another Dreamcast of mine went down, and I ended up grabbing a whole assembly. Luckily I have the parts, but damn if that little pos is durable as all hell then magically goes flying off at the very end. Never had that happen. Spent like 2 hours combing the floor with a light for that thing.

So it's like fixed now, but I'm still annoyed that there is like no documented replacements for it like anywhere LOL
 
I hear ya man. Just one of those dumb little pieces that, when broken or lost, renders the whole part useless. Even better, you simply cannot just get that 1 piece by itself. Blah. I hate it when that stuff happens. Im glad it worked out though! You watch, Youll randomly step on it one day and it will be in a spot you swear youve searched countless times. Always happens that way :)
 
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