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patrickl:
I put some "duct-tape" on the shaft and miraculously it functions pretty good.  Have to say it feels pretty decent. I haven't hooked it up to a controller yet, but at least it feels like a joystick now  :-\
GroovyTuesdaY:
Hey, whatever works eh? lmao....DUCT TAPE....heheh
patrickl:
I was busy scavenging on ebay to find a wico stick, or a replacement Wico base to fit the ball handles from the repro stick I have. To my surprise I found this auction It's about a Wico Berzerk 8-way stick repro unit apparently manufactured by Wico and it looks like the chinese repro stick (well ok probably other way around) So the Chinese apparently copied this stick Iminus the mounting plate obviously). That's why it's a bit different. Who knows, Wico might have actually used a chinese supplier for these sticks ...
Tailgunner:
That's an interesting find, the repro bottom plate definately looks like it was copied from that. I tend to doubt that Wico used a chinese manufacturer though, China was fairly isolated back when the Wico sticks were being manufactured.

I got around to checking the grommets on my other two repro sticks. One is the same as the one pictured above, the other was around .01 larger and quite sloppy. Patrickl's is even bigger which suggests there's a wide margin of tolerance in the repro grommets. Foil tape tightened up the shafts and improved the feel, but it adds another black mark against the repro sticks.

At this point I'd only reccomend the repro sticks if you can't find a real 4 way and you're willing to work on them to overcome their flaws.
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