[tommy compton]

thats beyond the scope of my repair. forcing the plate and/or turn table is probably not a good idea, they are probably in a set position in correlation with the gears. one side of the gears from what i remember moves the metal plate up or down, the plate must be moved all the way down, then the gears on the other side move the turn table in or out. when you can't move the gear s on one side turn the gears on the other untill in won't move anymore, then try the other.
but you may have had something else wrong besides the typical cd jam, sorry this didn't work for you.