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VanillaGorilla:
Anyone else have issues with their ultimarc u360 returning to center accurately? I must have an older one (from divemaster), as mine does not have the white bushing. I love aspects of the stick, but this one is concerning me; When I am in full analog mapping, even in the calibration app, you can plainly see (the dot does not align to center when the stick is released), and feel, that the stick stops just short of center, and then if slightly more pressure is applied, the travel completes its journey to center. Its like it gets 'stuck'.

This becomes a problem, and is especially apparent in Hyperspin. The stick almost always registers more than one 'step', and it gets difficult to land on your chosen emulator or game selection. You have to reverse the stick direction to stop it moving endlessly. My only solution at this point is to edit the analog map to place a + dead center in the center square. This helps a little, but the problem remains. This is frustrating, I spent a lot of money on this stick, and all the extras, like the wire harness, restrictors, springs, etc. I feel like I got nickel and dimed up to 90  bucks or so, and I am left with a temperamental piece of hardware that is a jack of all trades, and master of none. I have lubricated the ball joint with a synthetic lubricant, and this does not seem to have changed things. Is there a break in period on these things? I may have to pop the wico 8-way back in , and call it a day....  :embarassed: I sure hope not though, I had such high hopes..... :'(

EDIT 2/7: PLAY A TON OF "INSERT GAME HERE" AND THE PROBLEM WILL DIMINISH MARKEDLY AFTER A BREAK IN PERIOD. SWEET!
drventure:
Haven't had that problem, but I have noticed that the u360's seem to be prone to a little corrosion on the shafts, plus appearently there are machining "ridges" left on the white bushing inside (andy mentions this in a seperate thread). that might be causing your troubles.

When I next have mine apart, I was going to try a mototool on the bushing to polish the inside out lightly, see if that helps.
VanillaGorilla:
BTW, I have searched older threads, and observed the led's on the PCB. Nothing is bent either, as far as I can tell. If I push down, then release to center, on centering, the LED pulses slowly. If I then just tap the stick ever so lightly, it sort of 'pops' about a millimeter to dead center, and the led pulses stop. The PCB is mounted/assembled correctly, I believe: it goes joystick base->circular restrictor->aluminum standoffs->pcb->black washers->white thumb nuts. I have placed the washers between the standoffs and the pcb as well, no change in behavior. It appears to me that the problem is with the centering spring and the cup/pivot area. Its mechanical.
drventure:
From what I gathered from Andy's response on another thread, yeah, there's some ridged left on the white bushing inside that can cause the stick to "catch" in certain places, and make it not quite center without a little additional force.

I've never noticed it enough to cause extra menu clicks though (I use mala).

But it's still a bit annoying.

I believe you can adjust the deadspace with the utility that comes with them, but I haven't had to at this point.
VanillaGorilla:

--- Quote from: VanillaGorilla on February 01, 2011, 12:45:48 pm --- I must have an older one (from divemaster), as mine does not have the white bushing.

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