Problems with mighty mouse clicking

Hi everybody, happy New Year first of all!
Then my problem: I bought an Intel iMac about 1 year ago, and have been using the supplied wired mighty mouse since then. I set it up with left+right top buttons.
I didn't have a single problem until a few weeks ago.
First, the "typycal dirty scrolling ball" which seems to be solved by rubbing the ball on a piece of papere with the mouse up side down.
Second, and most annoying, *the click functions seems to perform worse than before*. I mean, it looks like *I need more pressure now to have the mouse click* (either left or right) on links, icons, etc.
Result: about half of the times, clicking the mouse (using the pressure I was used to) has no effort, I need to re-click with more intensity.
Did anybody of you experience the same problem? I cannot understand if it is kind of software problem (say, something that can be solved by some restore function) or a physical one (dirt? But the mighty mouse cannot be unassembled...).
TIA to all,
Giopad65

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...
Fist, here are the instructions to clean a Might Mouse: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1537
and here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060210115417864&lsrc=osxh
Second, go to System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse/Mouse and make sure your Tracking/Scrolling and Double Clicking is set to your liking. (The System Preferences panel is located in your Applications folder)
Carolyn
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