Thanks, guys. I opened it up and removed the copper shield to clean the rails and gears I could get to. Pretty tight quarters and wasn't comfortable taking it any more apart. Lowe's had some silica grease without petroleum products that was applied to the rails and the top of the spindles I could see. Nothing looked broken.....It seems mildly improved and actually works fine now if properly warmed up. If the top's off or it's cold, the drawer still reverses course on trying to close, though it closes with a little help in that case. It still opens and closes more slowly that it did in the past, but more smoothly with the grease I applied. . When warmed up, it closes pretty much every time. So, good for now I guess - If I were more comfortable taking it apart further, more and better applied grease would likely help. Still sounds awesome as both a player and a dac.