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boardjunkie:

You can get softer less stiff centering grommets via ebay in the form of X men sticks. They were real Wico 8 ways, but had micro switches and the floppy grommet. I use these in all my Wicos as I hate the super stiff ones.

http://www.classicarcadeonline.com/arcadepartsjoysticks.html

Try that guy....under the "micro switch joysticks" The softer grommets usually have a gold colored insert where the stick goes thru. The price is certainly right. There are several that look like they have the part you need.

mgb:


--- Quote from: boardjunkie on September 03, 2011, 03:12:12 pm ---You can get softer less stiff centering grommets via ebay in the form of X men sticks. They were real Wico 8 ways, but had micro switches and the floppy grommet. I use these in all my Wicos as I hate the super stiff ones.

http://www.classicarcadeonline.com/arcadepartsjoysticks.html

Try that guy....under the "micro switch joysticks" The softer grommets usually have a gold colored insert where the stick goes thru. The price is certainly right. There are several that look like they have the part you need.

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I looked at this link and it looks like a great stock of sticks for some good prices. but I noticed up top it says that he is closed as some time in 2009, although I see the page header shows up as Mikes Arcade which I know is not closed.
any way here is the link to Mike Arcades centering grommets. I bought a couple of these not too long ago but haven't tried them yet. I believe they may be the softer ones because they have the gold center.
http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl

edit: for some reason the link goes to the home page. just search for centering grommet there.

boardjunkie:

Thats not the same site. Your link goes to Mike Haaland's site. The other one was different....

Although it says "closed", since the page is still up I'd hit him up anyway. I'm sure if he's getting out of the hobby he wants to unload any parts he won't use.

Bravo911:


--- Quote from: Diet_Pepsi on August 22, 2011, 01:09:37 pm ---
I'm not sure that I can go the authentic route -- I'm on thin ice with the wife as it is.  She already doesn't understand why I am interested in this hobby and more parts would cause problems.

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That seems to be a struggle most of us have. I however, have a wonderful girl who encourages me to build and improve my cab. She even offered to loan me money when I needed parts and i was broke. The odd part is: I can't get her to play on it... She doesn't want to 'break it'. 3/4" plywood, with a kick plate, and she's worried.

Your wife needs to understand that people have passion for these things. Like she does for other things.

OK, enough off topic. I digress.

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