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From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Cleaned my mouse... Broke my mouse?
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Date: 29 Dec 89 03:13:41 GMT
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In article <9422@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
"...  But *don't* remove the black stuff in a
"thin layer on the rollers; they provide traction.  If this is the scum
"you mean, all I can say is, whoops.

That is what I was worried about, a coating that Apple purposely put there.
I cleaned the steel rollers to the metal.

To fix things, I disassembled the mouse and used alcohol on every part of
the rollers I could get to.  I also cleaned the rider-wheel that presses
on the ball to hold it against the rollers.  Lastly, I stretched the spring
on the rider-wheel, to make it push harder on the ball.  Maybe this was it.

The mouse now works fine, but any more trouble--that would take disassembly--
and I'll go to an optical mouse.  (OH, NOooo... Don't restart the optical-
versus mechanical-mouse debate! :-))

Oh, yes... The ADB mouse I got on my new machine (2 months old) had screws
that are self-tapping.  It would seem if you (completely) disassemble the
little bugger too often, you will probably destroy the screw holes.
--


Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)