I'd be looking for some guidance on how to correct these issues and particularly someone with specific knowledge on how to repair the CDM1 mechanism. I have had the lens cleaned and checked. Which particular caps would be the ones to examine and replace? Which joint is the one to check on the main PCB? How would one check and correct the height

It will not always read discs. About 50% of the time, it will attempt to read or play a disc and then just fail after a number of seeks. 50% of the time it will work just fine.

I noticed in some posts in the past, that there were options for repair of older systems that used the CDM1 drive mechanism. Could someone post or send me some info of places that repair the old CDM1?