Re: Review - Arcadeshop wico Trackball rebuild parts.

I've bought a few trackball rebuild kits from ArcadeShop for my Centipede,
Marble Madness and Quantum.

They worked like a dream and fitted perfectly.

/o







"Fredk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>     I wanted to give a short review of my experience with the wico rebuild
> kit from Arcadeshop.com
>
>     First off I ordered 2) Wico 2 1/4 trackball rebuild bearing kits and
2)
> 2 1/4 trackballs replacements.
> It was a pleasant experience to order from arcadeshop like always.
> The parts arrived a couple days later on time and packaged great.
>
>     When the order arrived I opened the box and inspected the contents and
> package slip and all was in order.
> I dissassembled my original Wico trackballs and proceeded to do a well
> needed rebuild on them.
> After I had the first one apart I cleaned the plastic housing with soapy
> water and blew dry with compressed air.
>
>     I installed the new parts which consisted of 3 bearing, 2 roller bars,
1
> idler bar and the new trackball. The first thing I noticed was that the
new
> roller bars were a bit longer then the originals.. My originals measure
> 1.9465 "and the new ones measure right about 2".  Now this might sound
picky
> but with this difference I had to turn my optical wheels around from the
> original position so they did not hit the IR detector and rub. Not a big
> deal so I did it and proceeded to install the rest of the parts and
> reassemble the unit.
>
>     After the unit was reassembled I did a quick test for feel. The
> trackball was tight and did not spin freely at all. I dissassembled my
unit
> again and after measuring my old trackball I got 2.217"  diameter. The new
> trackball measured right about 2.25" as advertised. I would guess the
> difference may be the wear of the old trackball from use. I ended up
> installing 4 washers between the 2 case halfs that had a height of .25" .
> This seemed to free up the trackball so that it would rotate like
expected.
> The next trackball rebuild was very similiar with having to install
washers
> to compensate for differences in tolerances.
>
>     My experience with these parts are that they are a vast improvement
over
> the original worn junk that I had been using. It did take a bit of
tweeking,
> trial and error and patience to get it all feeling and operating the way
it
> should.
>
>     All in all I would use the parts again or if I wanted to save the time
> of tweeking just buy a whole ready to use unit from arcadeshop.
>
>     This is just my experience with a well worn Wico trackball. Your
> measurements and tweeking my differ ;)
>
> Fred
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