Slik Stik Happ Trackball Failure Solution

You may know that I built my own MAME arcade cabinet in 2005 (see link above).

Well earlier this year (2007), the Happ trackball on my control panel started to fail.  It would no longer track vertically, and this functionality died over a period of days.  My control panel is a SlikStik Classic, purchased from SlikStik.com in September of 2005.

Good news!  I emailed SlikStik and they told me that Happ was issuing a replacement optical board for their trackballs.  The peeps at SlikStik sent me one at no charge.  I installed it in about 5 minutes and the trackball is as good as new!  There are no instructions necessary, once you see the underside of your trackball, you will understand how the replacement board installs.

The Aladdin's Castle Arcade Machine is still going strong!