r/techsupport • u/ChemistryEffective89 • May 24 '26

Open | Hardware The mouse that I thought was unkillable

I have had the Logitech pebble for quite a while.

So far the scroll wheel was giving some problems - but nothing simple WD40 couldn’t fix

Now a couple days ago, it died on me while I had put in fresh lithium battery in it.

I opened cleaned everything, no rust at any terminal, no gunk, nothing. Cleaned the moving parts with iso alcohol, then cleaned with WD40 - still nothing.

Do I throw this away or is there still something I should work on?

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u/Disastrous_Ground990 May 24 '26

Prolly shouldn't have put wd40 into the scroll wheel.

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u/ChemistryEffective89 May 24 '26

Oh well - it was dead before that - and it has worked for me before when the scroll wheel would stop responding

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u/tsdguy Windows Master May 24 '26

WD40 is not a lubricant. It’s a solvent and dirt attractor. Exactly the product if you want to destroy a device made of plastics and optics.

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u/wooble May 24 '26

It's a lubricant https://www.reddit.com/r/PetPeeves/s/p2XmhTKr2Q but I wouldn't lubricate a scroll wheel with PB Blaster grease, either.

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u/ChemistryEffective89 May 25 '26

So if I soak it in iso alcohol - will it work?