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| Gray_Area:
--- Quote from: boardjunkie on November 06, 2011, 10:53:09 am ---Trackballs aren't perfect. There will always be more friction in some directions than others. Nature of the beast due to having 3 rollers.... --- End quote --- I've seen better trackballs on Golden Tees that have been on route for three years, and are all gray from never being cleaned. No..... |
| BobA:
Make sure your trackball is mounted with the top side towards the screen. Some have an arrow and others just tell you where the top is in the documentation. A trackball has only 3 shafts and one (no encoder) is sort of an idler and has to be in the proper position for the ball to roll smoothly. |
| TopJimmyCooks:
If it's already mounted in a panel (can't quite tell from the video) make sure the mounting system isn't super tight. you can tighten the bolts through the case so tight that it squeezes the plastic case and the case rubs on the ball or torques a roller/bearing. Loosen then gradually tighten until the problem happens, then back off a little. |
| Gray_Area:
It's facing 'upward'. I loosed the housing almost all the way, and there was no difference. The bearings suck (they don't spin far by themselves), the trackball sucks (it never was great, and I recall someone saying Happ blew versus Betson Imperials), or both. I'm thinking its both. |
| Gray_Area:
Coming back to this. The same trackball as mine in the wild: |
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