Removing trackball (Was: Re: [Duo2400]

[Bill Judson]

Sounds good. My only problem is that I don't see any obvious way to rotate
the ring off...there are no groves or treads that I can exert pressure on
to rotate, as a desktop mouse usually has, or any obvious way to get my
fingernails or a screwdriver under the ring, without my seeming to
risk breaking it...or is this in some documentation I don't know about? It
doesn't seem to be in the service manual, that I can tell, or the user
manuals....

TIA,

> You should just be able to rotate and remove the retaining ring and
> trackball. Once those are out of the way you can clean the rollers.
> FYI, I had a 280c that exhibited that problem, turns out oneof the
> plastic rollers had disappeared so I bought a replacement assembly for
> $10.
>
> ~ Larry, Darn Good Design.
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 09:52  AM, Bill Judson wrote:
>
> [...]
> >
> > While we're on the subject of trackballs, anybody have any advice on
> > how
> > to open up the trackball assembly itself?
> >
> > I have a 270c whose trackball seems to have lost its grip, especially
> > when
> > moved vertically -- often it will just spin & spin without grabbing
> > whatever it is it is supposed to grab. I imagine that it's like a
> > desktop
> > trackball, in that there are little rollers that occasionally get
> > gunked
> > up, as with mice.
> >
> > Maybe I'm wrong; I have the service manual, but there doesn't seem to
> > be
> > anything specific about how to get into & under the trackball itself
> > (as
> > opposed to removing the assembly as a whole). Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Over,
> >
> >         Jutso
> >
> > 	http://pages.ripco.net/~jutso/


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        Jutso

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