Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Centipede Restoration
Spyridon:
Got my marquee in. Looks really good. These glass marquee's are heavier than I expected.
Also got in my control panel. I could have fixed the one I have, but got this one for $10 plus shipping. Not a bad deal for a populated control panel. Needs a lot of clean up, but I don't have to worry about fixing the holes (especailly the P1 and P2 buttons that were too wide on mine)
Spyridon:
Time to rebuild the trackball. The one I picked up really did not move well at all. You could hear a grinding sound as you moved it and it was very rough.
I orderd a trackball rebuilt kit from Bob Roberts which included new bearings and rollers. I also ordered a replacement trackball as I liked the white color better than the off-white.
Here is what I started with.
First step, remove the top cover
Here is a comparison of the original trackball and the new white one
It's pretty dirty in there.
The old rollers and bearing pop right out. I washed the housing - top and bottom - with some soapy water and all the crud came off. The two encoder wheels screwed right off.
Screwed the encoder wheels onto the new rollers, popped on the new bearings, and placed them into the cleaned up housing.
Add in one new trackball:
And screw it all back together, making sure the encoder wheels spin smoothly and aren't touching anythiing:
A really quick process to do this and now it moves as smooth as can be. Hopefully the optic boards work, but I won't know until I wire everything up.
RayB:
honestly, your rollers are hardly worn. ;)
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: RayB on December 16, 2008, 11:10:53 am ---honestly, your rollers are hardly worn. ;)
--- End quote ---
Yeah, the rollers weren't bad, but the bearings were shot. I figured since I had it apart, let's upgrade it all and be done with it.
Level42:
I'm having a deja-vu feeling ;) :duckhunt
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