Lost my red "mouse" button

Where to get a replacement "red mouse" button for R61i
Solved!
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The 'red mouse' button is fondly referred to as a TrackPoint Cap.
From the R61i HMM, you would need to order the following part number:
FRU: 91P9642
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Stephen Borisoff

James,
Sorry I am so lengthy. The problem is that with the technical support guy on line, when the Mouse button 4 event occurred I described to the tech that I was pushing and pulling the mouse from the back end to avoid touching the buttons on the side and every time I rolled the mouse a few inches forward the dashboard assigned to mouse button 4 appeared and next when I rolled it back the dashboard disappeared, I rolled it forward and it reappeared and so on. Then the tech wanted me to click on the apple and go into system preferences and as my cursor touched the file menu to get to the preferences that menu dropped without me left clicking the mouse. As I passed over edit and view they just dropped down.
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