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Paul Olson:
Coleman,

They have the actuators.  I took them from another joystick I had laying around.  I'm not sure where to buy them, but I would like to have more on hand.  It can't hurt to try the standard switches though, if they don't work well, it's only 4 screws to change back. ;D

It is definately worth going with Cherrys, it feels like a completely different stick.  It still has the short throw, but it feels looser and quicker.  

Paul
NoOne=NBA=:
Bob Roberts has the Cherry switches with the actuators on them.
I think they are $12.50 for 10 of them, IIRC.
Darkstalker:
Won't the leaf style switches need adjustment every so often?  An alignment change every 400 Pacman games or 25 Karate Champs, whichever comes first?
NoOne=NBA=:
25 games is WAY under.
They would never have used them in the arcades if that were the case.

I'd guess, with an average amount of play, they shouldn't need adjustment more than once or twice a year on a home cabinet, if that.
independentthread:
I completely lost track of this thread, beings how my internet connection has been %#$& for the past month, and I've been working on my cab...But as far as all of you people that decided to bash me about the click...

1. "too young to remember..."
Actually I remember the little cone shaped buttons used for player start on Centipede that had their own very distinct clicking sound.
2. "leaf switch joysticks don't click..."
So in other words, what you're trying to say is that the old games didn't have buttons?  Buttons never click, do they!?
3. "Have you ever heard pf Pacman?  Ms. Pacman?"
A better question is how you never noticed the fact that most of the people who used to play Pacman and Ms. Pacman used to slam the joysticks in each direction so fast that, besides almost breaking the ball of in their hand, essentially made a clicking sound.

So to anyone who decided to jump me for my comment, you can click THAT.   >:( ;D
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