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Title: Where do I buy replacement bearings for my trackball?
Post by: Timoe on July 08, 2006, 10:07:49 am

I'm looking to replace 12 trackball bearings (yes, 2 trackballs) and I dont want to spend $4 each at Happ.

Is there a better way?  Like a bearings only distributor or something.  And is there a name or exact dimension for the bearings I need?

Title: Re: Where do I buy replacement bearings for my trackball?
Post by: Ken Layton on July 08, 2006, 11:07:14 am

Actually $4 each is a good price. If you really want to go elsewhere, good old Bob Roberts has bearings for just about every trackball ever made on his parts page.

There are other nationwide bearing suppliers across the USA including these (look in your local Yellow Pages under "Bearings"):

Bearings, Inc. (now known as Applied Industrial Technology)

McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com)

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (www.grainger.com)

Your local Ace Hardware store has ball bearings in those pull out drawers in with the nuts and bolts. You'll spend $10 a bearing there though.

Title: Re: Where do I buy replacement bearings for my trackball?
Post by: Timoe on July 08, 2006, 11:13:05 am

thank you thank you thank you Ken

Title: Re: Where do I buy replacement bearings for my trackball?
Post by: fatfingers on July 08, 2006, 11:21:46 am

Quote from: Timoe on July 08, 2006, 11:13:05 am

thank you thank you thank you Ken

Nice, but you forgot the obligatory  :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: that should come whenever Ken graces your thread!

 :P

Title: Re: Where do I buy replacement bearings for my trackball?
Post by: SirPeale on July 08, 2006, 11:25:07 am

$3.35 each in lots of twelve.

http://www.competitiveproducts.com/trackball.htm