Well, I sanded the knobs down...that sucked. Good thing I was wearing my respirator! Those things are resilient.
At any rate, the Tron handles base opening is larger than the joystick shaft, so the wires can run down next to the shaft.
I then drilled a hole through the base to pass the wires through. This solution works, but is not as clean as a hollow shaft...so I'll look into that route. I just need to figure out where to get hollow stock the same saize as joystick shaft. Off to OSH I go...