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How to remove SNK LS-30 joystick knob
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menace:
Re: springs--either find some appliance/toy/junk and make your own spring based on the other working 3 you have or find a place that sells springs (I have absolutely no idea if such a place exists but you never know)  

Re: clips--take a heavy gauge staple and bend it into a square 'C' shape and push it on--2 of these "spring" clips should hold it together--maybe three.
Hoagie_one:
Just want to say thanks to Oscar for making this tutorial.  Very helpful.  I just wish teh last owner of my LS-30's read this.  My shafts are all scraped up from them trying to pull the tops off.

Thanks
OSCAR:

--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on April 01, 2005, 06:41:24 pm ---Just want to say thanks to Oscar for making this tutorial.  Very helpful.  I just wish teh last owner of my LS-30's read this.  My shafts are all scraped up from them trying to pull the tops off.

Thanks


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No problem, I'm glad it was useful!  :)


Kelsey

shmokes:
Idon't know.  I'd never seen the Wico rotaries before.  I think those yellow ball-tops are a thing of beauty.  I can't imagine trading those gems for LS-30 knobs (which are, admittedly, quite cool.....just not nearly as).
Texasmame:

--- Quote from: OSCAR on November 04, 2003, 10:12:51 pm ---I know many of you already know this procedure, this post is mostly for the archives since it may not readily apparent how the knobs on the LS-30's come off if you don't have the proper tool that SNK made available for doing so.
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The first thing you need to do, if you don't have the plastic knob removal tool, is to make a little tool to pop out the center cap.  What I did was find a piece of heavy wire (I believe the wire below was actually a coat hanger at some point!) in the garage and bent it into this shape:





Then locate the 2 small nubs on the bottom of the joystick handle, this is where you need to use the tool to release the center cap.  Just press up (towards the SNK logo on the knob) with the tool to release the tabs on the center cap.









When the cap is removed, you will see a nut in the center of the knob.  This nut only needs to be loosened with a 10mm socket.  The knob is held on by a compression fitting inside, and loosening the nut relieves pressure so the knob will come right off.  If the knob doesn't want to come off, spray around the nut with some penetrating oil (WD-40, Break-Away, etc) as the fitting is likely stuck to shaft from some goo that found its way inside the joystick handle.  Let it sit for a couple minutes and try again.  The shaft has a knurled end that grips the inside of the compression fitting.  It's pretty simple, once you know what you need to do...  ;)








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Just to add to this, I had to do this today.  I just used two 3/4" finish screws and they worked fine.  Just about anything small enough to fit in those holes and make it under the mounting plate will do.  :)
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