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| quarterback:
I don't know how pronounced the off-directional spin is but, something I was thinking of with my original reply was that you could possibly turn the trackball 180-degrees (having to remap the directions, of course) and possibly have some success. My thought being this: If (and that's a big "if", because I don't really know the extent of the counter-clockwise drift) If the ball is primarily being used where it's bring rolled forward (or 'up') and is finding itself drifting a bit at the end of the roll, then by flipping it around, you would be physically rolling the ball in an opposite direction to go 'up/forward' and maybe the slight drift would disappear because of the re-orientation of whatever was making it drift. I don't know if that makes sense, or even if it would help, but it was a thought I had.... and I like to share my thoughts :) --- Quote from: struby on April 23, 2006, 01:25:51 pm ---Everything in it is in pretty good condition, I took out the static strip things and it helped a little, I will probably try the lube later on today, or tomorrow. --- End quote --- |
| struby:
i could try that, but in the other direction it gets a skip up becuase is isn't running directly into a roller. |
| Kremmit:
That roller doesn't look too bad yet. If one's somehow gotten more worn than the other, that could still be your problem, but the bearings are starting to sound more likely. A good soak in gasoline or turpentine followed by a blow-out with an air compressor can do a lot to clean out a gunked-up bearing. Hold the bearing by the inner race (the part with the hole), and point the air jet at the side, so it spins the bearing as it blows. As it gets up some speed, it will spray nasty dirty gas all over. Don't go crazy with the air compressor and the spinning- remember, there's zero lubricant in there at this point, and you don't want to burn your bearing out. If you don't have the air compressor, that's OK, just spin it as fast as you can by hand and/or shake it around- just try to get as much crud disolved and out of there as possible. Repeat until the gas comes out clean, then dry and re-lube. But no type or amount of cleaning or lube will fix a bearing that's truly worn out. If a cleaning and oiling doesn't fix it, toss the thing, it's done for. |
| struby:
Do they sell new bearings? |
| Havok:
GGG sells a trackball booster kit and a roller replacement kit, which may solve your problem, but looks like Randy is out of stock at the moment: http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=217 and http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=271 One of these days I've got to figure out how to do a nice little link without showing the actual address. However, that would require a search... :P |
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