I've been having an occasional skipping issue with my #laserdisc player when discs reach the end of side A so thought it was time to open it up for some maintenance.
I couldn't see anything wrong so I mostly just gave everything a good clean, paying special attention to the pickup guide rail. Hopefully it will do the trick!
This thing has seen some abuse. It's had one careful owner...and that's me...I can't say much for the previous owners. It keeps soldiering on though!
For those of you who have never seen a #laserdisc player change sides!
It's a crazy design! The whole laser pickup flips to the opposite side of the machine while the disc stops, changes direction and speeds up again.
I assume all the stabilisation hardware built into the pickup made it too expensive to add one for each side. Either way you'd still have to wait for the disc to stop, change direction, and speed up again.