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Trackball sounds funny
crashwg:
I've had my 3" happ blue translucent trackball up and running for only 3 or 4 days now and it's starting to sound funny.
By that I mean when you spin it realy fast it's like "wwwhhhhiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrr clickclick click click click click" all that in a matter of 3 seconds or so.
I opened it up, checked for debris, fealt the rollers where the ball touches them... I just can't find anything wrong with it??? Is it normal? Is it a new ball thing? Will it get better?
cdbrown:
With the t-ball out, try and roll each of the rollers with a bit of speed and see if any of them make a noise - like try to flick the rollers so they continue to roll without assistance. Checked the ball thoroughly to ensure it's all nice and smooth.
paigeoliver:
You might also want to check and make sure the encoder wheels aren't making physical contact with the sensor boards.
XtraSmiley:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 01, 2004, 10:41:28 pm ---You might also want to check and make sure the encoder wheels aren't making physical contact with the sensor boards.
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And if they are? I've got two bent encoder wheels on my Marble Madness and I'm just about to order new ones b/c they are driving me nuts. Any way to fix them? I tried bending them, but I can't seem to get it 100% right...
paigeoliver:
If they ARE then you might have to get creative to space them in some way where that doesn't happen.