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

[Larry]

I was able to do it by exerting force against it. Since it is recessed 
in the center my finger didn't slide.

~ Larry, Darn Good Design

On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 08:47  PM, Bill Judson 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/