[Duo2400] Removing trackball (Was: Re: [Duo2400]

[Brian Getz]

The ring comes off very easily just push down with a
slight amount of pressure and rotate.


--- Bill Judson <jutso at ripco.com> wrote:
> 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/
> 
> 
> --
> Over,
> 
>         Jutso
> 
> 	http://pages.ripco.net/~jutso/
> 
> 
> 
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