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From: sno@sno-1.UUCP (tephen N. Opal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mouse Problem
Message-ID: <3542.AA3542@sno-1>
Date: 10 Apr 89 21:44:22 GMT
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>In article <0545.AA0545@caleb> jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
>>Help,
>>      my B2000 mouse is having an intermittant problem.  The horizontal
>>movement intermittently fails.  I've tried cleaning the rollers, but this

Well now.  Why is everyone so interested in this problem?  I seem to have
found the perfect fix...

Open the mouse, unscrewing the 2 little philips head screws.  Unscrew the
black rollerball panel from the base.  Take a pair of needle nose pliers
and carefully pull back the shaft of each main roller pad (This may take a
little patience).  Take out the little teflon (plastic?) roller and
completely remove any material on it.  (I think mine had a little traction
tape, or something.)

I bought some athletic fabric tape (the kind used to wrap wrists and
ankles) and cut off a 1/8" x 1" piece.  Take each plastic roller and wrap a
single layer of the tape around the cylinder.  **DO NOT OVERLAP** Carefully
trip off any excess so that the 2 ends match perfectly.  If you cut off too
much, you can stretch the tape a little to make the ends meet.

Re-assemble your little gem and you will have a brand new mouse!!!

[Wow!  After all this time... I have something constructive to add to this
group!]

Enjoy.


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        Stephen N. Opal   (313) 572-1610