SS Don Ball Bearing Size

[jamesd1628]

Does anyone know the size of the ball bearing in the Don switch? Last night, after a little too much bourbon, I decided to take the switch apart and clean it, as it was sticking pretty bad. There was lots of goup in there. In the process, the ball bearing rolled off the counter. I could hear the damn thing bouncing on the tile floor, but the floor is basically speckled, so I couldn't find it before it stopped bouncing. It's so small, it's basically impossible to find. Oh well. Anyone know the size so I can buy another? Thank you.

 

[Dieseler]

Oh man wish i new to tell you similar happened to me but landed on desk and i found it.
I would email or call Jason at electronic stix dot com and ask him i would imagine he could help you.
Hope you can find the answer it is pretty small like some shotgun pellets i have seen.

 

[applefr3ak]

That i can't tell you, Taking the switch apart is not recommended though. I like to soak mine in jewelry cleaner to get it un gooped. There is a maintenance video on our site

 

[jamesd1628]

Thanks Jason. It looked to me to be no larger than 1mm. I may buy a couple of different sizes and hope I get lucky. I will let everyone know if I figure it out. Any idea when you might get some replacement switches in?

 

[jamesd1628]

Per Tim at Moju, they are 2mm ball bearings. I'm about to buy 250 of them for $2.99, so if anyone else ever has this problem, let me know, I should have a few spares - assuming I don't go through the whole bag trying to hold onto one of them long enough to get it back into the switch.

Just FYI, the switch still works pretty well without the bearing, it's just easy to rotate out of firing alignment, so you have to line it up occassionally.