I was going to try fixing a slipping mouse-wheel with superglue, but the glue dried out in a box. So I have some clear nail polish for PCB work, would that harden in place, on the axle tip of a mouse-wheel, and in the hex hole slightly bigger ? I'll get glue again, but I'd rather fix it now.
Hard to know without a photo.
Are you sure that it is not the rubber part on the plastic part of the wheel? I have had such a mouse from HP (don't know who was the real producer). Cleaning the rubber and plastic part helped.
OK I went and got some, but yeah I'll keep it in the cold. I have some kind of solder like SMD solder paste, that I think I should have in the fridge too, but I never have, and IDK if I ever used it yet. It's about a 1/2-1oz jar. I've had it maybe 3-4 yrs.
For the mice, I have a box of semi working ones. I have 3 Razor mice with wheel problems, and a EVGA with wheel problems too. The rubber around the wheels is very solid on 3/4. The wheel's hex tip, seems rounded, but it could be the potentiometer's gear that mates with the metal position locking clip
, the plastic gear looks fairly rounded.
I dropped in a bucket of water. It's not working, but it could be 2 slide switches are corroded. It has voltages all over the place that seem normal enough . I need to look at it on the scope and see if the IC's are looking ok.
So I'll now try gluing a wheel in place, I've seen others do it. Some of these I've already replaced cords on, so they are old.
The best adhesive to use is totally dependent on the material being bonded. For many types of plastic a glue that contains a solvent to weld the plastic is the most effective. As far as superglue, you can buy it at the dollar stores here, two bottles for $1, it's exactly the same stuff that costs several dollars a bottle elsewhere. Soaked into baking soda it cures almost instantly and forms a rock hard filler material, handy trick.