Microsoft mouse wheel rubber replacement

Not until I'm told that they have fixed this obvious problem, thank you. I'll do what others have suggested. Just use it without the rubber hope that's not an unsafe practice with a mouse -LOL. Monday, September 12, PM. Just rip it off and use the wheel without the rubber. Wednesday, July 11, PM. THis works pretty well Thank goodness, as this seems to be a problem microsoft is unwilling to fix!

The Logitech Performance MX Mouse is a premiere mouse from Logitech with darkfield tracking technology and a free-spinning scroll wheel. Released in Model number: Mohd Razwan Rusli hypeborea. The rubber on the scroll wheel is somewhat loosen up on my Logitech Performance MX. This renders the wheel to operate without the frictionless scrolling.

How to tighten or replace this rubber. Sean urvile. After removing the screws, the mouse should split open fairly easily, depending on how much candy bar residue is holding it together. Hairs, fibers, dust, and human oils collect around the scroll wheel.

Fortunately, the entire assembly can be popped out for cleaning, almost as though the designer leaned green enough to make it user serviceable. Be careful with the spring underneath the assembly, as it is not affixed to anything and may drop to the floor.

Not that it happened to me, of course. After pulling out questionable material with tweezers and bursts of compressed air, the reason for the interference with moving the scroll bar becomes apparent. There are little slits in the scroll wheel see above that pass or block light as your finger rolls the wheel. If these slits are blocked, the mouse is unable to detect any movement. If you are interested in learning more about interrupter emitter-detector pairs, check out articles on photo interrupters and encoder wheels for distance measurement.

Above, you can see the LED that generates the light that should intermittently pass through the rotating mouse wheel. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

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