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Are these Wico tracs and if so, how to interface?
severdhed:
looks just like my wico 3". (which also says WICO on the back)
i interfaced mine using a mouse hack, works like a charm. although it desperatly needs new bearings cause it doesnt roll worth crap. not wanting to hijack this thread, but does anyone know where to get replacement bearings for these units?
shardian:
--- Quote from: severdhed on August 28, 2006, 07:03:02 pm ---looks just like my wico 3". (which also says WICO on the back)
i interfaced mine using a mouse hack, works like a charm. although it desperatly needs new bearings cause it doesnt roll worth crap. not wanting to hijack this thread, but does anyone know where to get replacement bearings for these units?
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New bearings are pretty expensive. It is possible to get frozen bearings to work pretty well again. I did it with a completely locked up wico 2 1/4.
Anyways, Bob Roberts sells the cheapest trackball kits. Look him up in the vendors list, as I dont have the link handy.
Texasmame:
Bob's the man. He doesn't take paypal, tho.
severdhed:
cool, i checked out bob's site and is definately the cheapest i have found, however it now appears as if i need new rollers too. upon looking at the pics of replacement rollers, they are perfectly straight smooth shafts. on mine, there are indentations around the middle of the rollers where the ball sits..i figured that the rollers were supposed to be that way, but now it appears as if i was wrong.
i cant really complain, the trackball came with my junk cabinet when i bought it for $20, part of the plastic housing was broken off, right where it holds the one roller bearing in place, so the roller would move out of the way. i managed to fix that, but it just doesnt roll very well. 2 of the 6 bearings are really bad. THere is a local place called Erie Bearings that manufactures bearings...i'm going to check there this mornign to see if they have anything compatible, if not, looks like i'll be ordering rollers and bearings from bob.
thanks very much.
severdhed:
well, no luck locally. i see that bob roberts doesnt accept paypal or credit cards, which means i will have to look elsewhere. anyone know of a place that has them and does accept credit cards?
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