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yotsuya:
I did that with mine. It does help. But my experience was that the Zippy's best for 8-way games.
Dechene:
I put two zippy's in my first cab & 1 in an xbox fight stick.

They worked great in 4 & 8 way mode, but they're not very practical to switch from one to the other.

Now I use JS01 Sanwa's, with the rotating restrictor plate on the bottom.
The joysticks feel better to use as you'd expect when they cost double the zippy's and they are heaps easier to switch from 4-8 way.

But if I never bought them, I'd still be happy with the zippys.
Spacedueler:

--- Quote from: Dechene on January 21, 2012, 03:51:59 am --- they're not very practical to switch from one to the other.

--- End quote ---

Here's my sloppy Zippy restrictor mod:

I had a couple rare earth magnets laying around  (diameter=1/2", height=1/8"):


I took off the top restrictor and  trimmed away a little of the lower restrictor and stacked on 2 magnets each side:


Set a screw on each magnet stack:


Set the restrictor on, twist the screws to lock into place:


I haven't had any issues - you'd think the restrictor was screwed in place. Makes for a quick changing plate if you can get under your panel easily.

Dechene:
Wow, are rare earth magnets really that strong?

Off to ebay I go, thanks Spacedueler!
Spacedueler:

--- Quote from: Dechene on January 24, 2012, 06:28:18 am ---Wow, are rare earth magnets really that strong?

Off to ebay I go, thanks Spacedueler!

--- End quote ---
The trick here is the 4 indexing tabs that the restrictor fits onto. The actuator has no downward forces on the restrictor - just lateral. It doesn't take much to keep it in place. But, yes, rare earths are quite impressive:

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