What happened ?

Wheel was a bit stuck, and I was curious.

I have one with a rather tight wheel. Were you able to make yours turn more smoothly and how?

I need to get a hold of some magnets in order to reassemble the bearing. Will update on it when I get around to it.

That gunk is cause by me. I filled it with weapon oil before opening it. I was hoping it would lube the bearing.

But I suspect that the deal on the bearing is not good enough, causing the grease in the bearing to dry out and harden.

leosgonewild wrote:

I need to get a hold of some magnets in order to reassemble the bearing. Will update on it when I get around to it.

 

 

That gunk is cause by me. I filled it with weapon oil before opening it. I was hoping it would lube the bearing.

 

But I suspect that the deal on the bearing is not good enough, causing the grease in the bearing to dry out and harden.

I'm glad you told me that. For a moment, I had considered using WD-40, but I had a feeling it wouldn't be a good idea.

I remember someone had spilled some drink on the remote, causing some discoloration under the plastic plate with the logo. At least that can be easily removed with a spider to be cleaned.

It is made of plastic, and glue holds it in place.

Thanks so much for this!

 

Would you mind taking a close-up photo of the square chip on the side with less components?  That's likely the main processor and I am very curious to know what part they used.  

TI CC2541 - Bluetooth LE chip link

Kelwin wrote:

TI CC2541 - Bluetooth LE chip link

Thank you so much!

Interesting little part.  It includes a little proprietary 8051-based microcontroller.  That's an old and slow slow processor, but it really doesn't need much for what it's doing: four buttons and a wheel!  (And slower = longer battery life.)  It only costs $1.60 in quantity.  Nice!