My new toy :-) with problems :-( (Xybots)

[MLew]

lol, well, I was snapped a couple pics of the monitor while on...I would have taken more, but we were on our way out, I had been playing it for an hour! (with f@cked up controls!!)





I took the cp home with me to take apart and figure out the joystick issue, and when I disassembled it, there was a lot weird gray-ish..dust. Not normal 20 year old sitting in an attic dust, maybe from a deteriorating pivot ball? Idk, i know its a problem with these joysticks, but I don't know what to look for. the last pic, you can see a small gap between the shaft and the white plasitc holder (plunger?). There is play here, it rocks either way that much in any direction. Might have to replace some of these ol plastic pieces to tighten up these controls.





But, hey! $40 and a new PS, Im happy as ---fudgesicle---!

[MLew]

okay, got the joystick apart, here is what I'm looking at...


mand, that pivot ball is NASTY!


all cleaned up...


actuator


shaft assembly, notice the white plastic (the plunger) it looks a bit worndown, any opinions?

[lilshawn]

this is where all that nasty is coming from. it should like this:



look how thin yours is around the lip. there should be an extra 1/16th of an inch of plastic on that thing.

http://www.ram-controls.com has rebuild kits.

EDIT: FIXT!

[Le Chuck]

Ram controls?  Aren't they in court for scamming?  Status of Ram Controls.  Suprised to see an up for them here.

[lilshawn]

Ram controls?  Aren't they in court for scamming?  Status of Ram Controls.  Suprised to see an up for them here.

 

i googled (for pic), this came up  

fixt post!

... if i paid attention, i'd get change back.

[MLew]

I can get the parts at http://www.videogameparts.com

Should I replace both the plunger, and the ball? Def the plunger  but The ball seems less worn to me


EDIT: I'm staying the hell away from Ramcontrols!!

[D_Harris]

These are badly designed joysticks.

It would be great if someone did a redesign that just looked like the original with the Atari logo.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

[MLew]

So I got my joystick parts ordered. While I wait, I cleaned everything. Then I noticed the shaft that is visible under the joystick ball is rusted pretty good.

I think it'd look better black.

So I ran em on a belt sander to remove rust.




Then sandblasted em at work....




Then painted it black.



This was pretty spur o the moment, noticed it when pulled everything apart  Might as well do somethin while I'm doin nothin. I think it will look pretty good as it is the visible part of the shaft.

[MLew]

I'll post pics when it's all together in the machine as well.

[MLew]

Got my parts from videogameparts.com and the joysticks are working great now! VERY responsive, smooth turning/directionals. Can't wait to get back up north where the machine is to try 'er out!

Also, I believe I'm a certified pro now at these Atari Logo Sticks lol, so if anyone needs any help, I can definitely help ya.

Here is a couple pics of the newly painted shafts as they sit in the CP...I think that black looks real nice, any thoughts?





yes, yes, the carriage bolts arent all in yet..(I got some shiny new ones on the way)

[mgb]

Looks great, glad to see they worked out well