[Mutch]

Hey all long time reader..... first time poster!

I'm having issues with the head unit in the '04 SRT. It will not eject the disks in the 6 disk changer, nor will it play any of the disks in the changer. I pulled apart the console and besel last night, pulled the head unit and took it apart to see what was going on inside. Once totally dismantled I find the top two disks are stacked directly on top of eash other loosely sitting on the center spindle with the other two disks below sitting in bewteen these small thin metal spring-like disks and mounted firmly. I picked up the deck and shook it upside down to see if I could get the disks out and something was rattling around inside that sounded like loose change. Upon a closer look one of the small metal spring disks that separate the CDs was stuck in one of the corners of the deck under the laser reader that comes out to read the disks, and jamming the arm up (which would explain why it wouldn't play disks, and why the disks were stacked on top of each other). So I'm guessing the the spring disk falling out is the cause of all of the issues with the deck. I removed that spring disk and took a look at it and is was not damaged so I set it aside and finished removing the two disks from the spindle. The spring disks mount on the spindle which has a center rotating shafts with slots along the sides which allow the spring disks and CDs to move up and down the main spindle so you can load and unload.

SO.... after all of this describing I'll get to my point of the issue- Now that I have the jammed laser arm fixed and spring disk back on the spindle, my question is does anyone know what the spacing of the spring disks needs to be so that I can properly load all 6 disks. Has anyone had any experience with this or knows how to get this up and running again. I have everything re-assembled properly with all of the spring disks on the spindle and she's ready toto be put back into the car. My plan is to hook it back up to the juice and see if it will adjust the spring spacing automatically or what will happen? I really want to keep everything stock and don't want to buy an aftermarket deck, so if anyone has any thoughts or suggestions or experience with this issue (especially on spring disk spacing) it would be really appreaciated.

Thanks in advance!