Go down, mouses

This is driving me crazy. My Mac Mighty Mouse (hardwired, not airborne, and not the new MagicMouse or whatever the digitally stimulated mouse is called) will NOT SCROLL DOWN.
It will scroll up and sideways. But it won't go down, like that evening sun, or whatever Elton John was singing about.
My iMac is 2 years old, and I'm now on my third mouse. The Original and Warranty Replacement 1 both had problems recording clicks and tracking; I'm on WR2 now.
With the last mouse and now with this one, after a while, the cursor on screen does not track downward when I spin the trackball. I've done all the tricks: used the black lint-free cloth, rolled it on a white piece of paper to dislodge anything, and cleaned it with alcohol. Often, when I turn the mouse over and roll it on the wheel, the cursor responds properly and without hesitation. but when I turn the mouse over and use my finger, nothing happens. [Don't get carried away with parallel interpretations: this isn't an entendre about other things!]
When I try to fix it, I make sure my hands are clean, I have just run the mouse through a bath of alcohol, and I often tap the mouse on its side to dislodge any small specks of dirt on the inside. The best that happens is that the cursor tracks properly for the first test or two, then stops tracking. As I said, it's still tracks properly in the other three directions, just not downward.
Is there some special kind of chiropractic therapy for this damned thing? Or do I need to turn it in for Warranty Replacement 3?
Thanks.

Michael,
It's just dirty, turn it over and rub it very vigorously on a piece of plain white paper for about 30 seconds. If it still isn't clean then repeat. You should do this about 1x a month just to keep the back cleaned up.
Regards,
Roger

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