Powerball maintnance

[tlk70]

I was wondering how many of you perform a cleaning on your PB and what products and materials you use and how you do it.

I clean battered PB at least once a week, I open it up and clean all the plastic dust and residue it forms when it's a lot of dust. But I can't manage to clean the thin metalic film formed by the axle on the plastic base and cover. Any ideas?

The rotor on this PB has an up and down movement, not present on a new PB. Can this be fixed by the end user?

This products are supposed to last longer than the six weeks I've used it, three weeks ago I scored 13600+ I can no longer reach 13K. So I may not be doing the proper maintance work on them, any ideas?

Now the PB I use for speed I don't want to open it yet, I clean it using compressed air, but lately those 14k scores don't come so often, when other times I could do one after another.

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[The Force]

To be honest..I do not have answers here..but I am just as curious to those answers.

I do some maintenance on the powerballs, but that's quite irregularly. And the maintenance basically comprises wiping away the dust with an old tooth brush.

But what you say about metallic film...that's new for me...I actually never saw this..but I am going to make a better look next time. But if its metal (coming from the rotor axis) I assume that it should be possible to be removed by some cleaning solution.

Regards,

The Force
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Personal records:
Speed:14332(L),14100(R)
30s:6134(L),6214(R),6016(L+R)
60s:10112(L),10257(R),11158(L+R)
90s:14158(L),14378(R),17711(L+R)
Speed Metal:12105***(L),11931(R)
30s Metal:4973(L),5026(R),4788(L+R)
90s Metal:14627(L+R)
***Done this month

[Adrena1in]

I rarely take my Powerballs apart to clean them, but when I do I simply blow out all the loose bits, then wipe around the interior and components with a dry cloth. I use my thumb-nail to scrape off any "bits" which have stuck to the rotor track.

For irregularities with performance, (scraping, vibrating), I find ten minutes of continuous fast use to be the best cleaner.
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250Hz: (L/R)
-> 13603/13785
<- 14026/14974
Dual - 26659
90 - 18705 - 16865/18013
60 - 12206 - 11089/12283
30 - 6383 - 6415/6796

350Hz:
-> 11688/11409
<- 12238/13053
90 - 15799 - 13873/15407
60 - 10597 - 10546/10649
30 - 5362 - 5398/5895

[tlk70]

[James M]

I clean my pb's once a month
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250hz
RH 13655
LH 13074
90s 16108
30s 5784

350hz
RH 11745

[tlk70]

Finally I got the ball to score above 13k (13256). I did as usual, open the ball clean it up with soap and warm water and soft toothbrush, i placed ring back to the ball on the same direction it was (as usual). Then I gave the ball uninterrupted use for a few minutes, it was making the roughtest noises I've heard from a PB, but I was feeling some torque which allowed me to score above 13K. Then a few minutes after I couldn't get it to score 13k.

After I decided to end the exercise I opened the ball again and it had the particles back as if I hadn't cleaned it in a week, with most of them stick to the both halves of the ball where the ring is placed.

What do you guys think?

[James M]

Your only putting the sphere in water aren't you?
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250hz
RH 13655
LH 13074
90s 16108
30s 5784

350hz
RH 11745

[tlk70]

I use warm water, soap and a bursh. But I think I know what's cousing the the noises and where all the plastic particles come from, the inner sphere is touching the plastic ring and it has already dug into it.

What I don't know is what's causing the problem, could be that there is more play in the axle, or the holes on the plastic ring have worn out, like The Force once mentioned.

I first noticed a problem with the ball when I holded it with the counter facing to the floor and then spun it and look at it from the side, the inner sphere would move up and down unlike a new ball. Anyone knows how to deal with this?

[The Force]

[tlk70]

[mchap77]

[tlk70]

220 sandpaper, I only know two kinds, for wood and for metal, which one do you use?

[mchap77]