Believe the Lambda uses the Philips CDM 9 Pro which if so is possibly going out. If you can find a mechanism you’ll probably end up having more in it than it’s worth. Many, many years ago I had a Yamaha player that did the same ticking that first started at the end of a disc and eventually died altogether being the laser. Unless you love it you’ll probably be better off getting a Cambridge CXC Transport. Agree probably a good idea to reach out to PS Audio but my guess is they don’t service the Lambda anymore as Philips stopped making the drive a long time ago.
PS Audio Lambda transport making a 'tick tick tick' sound when playing CDs
I’ve got an older PS Audio Lambda transport that developed a “ticking” sound the other night. It started out really subtle, very minor ‘tick tick tick’ type of sound along with the music that grew a little louder as the track progressed. It was a fairly long CD at ~78 minutes – I know some of these older transports don’t like the longer discs. I tried a different transport and it wasn't there, so it wasn't on the source disc.
Any idea what that might be, and if it’s fixable? I really like this transport because the digital display is much larger than most and it’s easy to read from across the room. Who still works on these types of units?