How to Clean, Upgrade, Repair, Mod, Disassemble a Computer TrackBall

A trackball is essentially a mouse turned on its back. Do you want to personalize or repair the trackball of your personal computer? Here is a collection of free do-it-yourself take apart instructions, disassembly pictures, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as modding and cleaning tutorials for trackballs. If you have written a guide yourself (or if you know of tips and tricks not mentioned here), please submit a new entry.

Amiga Mouse	Converting a mouse to a trackball or Rotary Knob.
LogiTech TrackBall	A trackball transplant: merging two broken trackballs.
Logitech MX-510 Performance Optical Mouse/ MX-518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse	Panther XL mod: a step-by-step tutorial with detailed pictures about a mouse to trackball conversion.
Microsoft IntelliMouse	Hacking a Mouse for a Happ Trackball. This process should work for almost any optics-based arcade controller, eg trackball, spinner, 360 degree steering wheel, optical rotary joystick etc...of course you'll need to figure out the differences between the Happ optic board and whatever board you are using.