How often do you clean your balls?

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rampy:
are your bearings lubed/broken in? how do the rollers roll by themselves (sans ball)?

that doesn't sound right at all...

Rampy

Magnet_Eye:
yeah.. be sure to LUBE YOUR BALLS BEFORE PLAY!

;)

Unkis17:
I ended up having to losen the two screws in the front of the TB, by the grounding! Happ tightened the hell out of mine. After backing of the threads about 1/2 turn the ball doubled it's spin time! Don't loosen it too much though

ahofle:
I have not lubed my ball (hahaha) or even taken it apart -- it's brand new. Should I lube it? Forgive my ignorance, this is my first experience with an arcade trackball. And I'm positive the lexan is wide enough and not hitting the ball. In fact, the weird thing is it rolls perfectly on the x axis. It's just the Y axis that doesn't work right. It's a good thing I made a molex connector for quick removal and maintenance. Is there a quick reference on how to clean trackballs out there? I don't want to use anything that might damage it.

I'll also try playing with the screw near the ball to see if that helps. ;D

RacerX:

--- Quote from: ahofle on June 24, 2003, 10:39:22 am ---I have not lubed my ball (hahaha) or even taken it apart -- it's brand new. Should I lube it? Forgive my ignorance, this is my first experience with an arcade trackball. And I'm positive the lexan is wide enough and not hitting the ball. In fact, the weird thing is it rolls perfectly on the x axis. It's just the Y axis that doesn't work right. It's a good thing I made a molex connector for quick removal and maintenance. Is there a quick reference on how to clean trackballs out there? I don't want to use anything that might damage it.

I'll also try playing with the screw near the ball to see if that helps. ;D

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I have had a similar issue with my Happ trackball (it's not a highball). My issue was that the third bearing that is not hooked up to either encoder wheel but just keeps the ball in place needed lubing. Unlubed the trackball would "jump" out of place when you rolled it towards this third bearing, but it would roll smoothly when you rolled it any other direction because the other two bearings were rolling freely.

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