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muell67

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wico 8 way to 4 way
« on: February 21, 2005, 11:35:06 pm »
I have a wico 8 way microswitch joystick with the rubber grommet and I was wondering if there was a way to switch it over to a 4 way. Please let me know. Thanks.

Do the versa ball shafts fit these?
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Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2005, 11:46:51 pm »
Hmm, I think the originals came with 2 different actuators so you could choose to use it as a 4 way or 8 way.  Do you only have one?  I'm thinking of Wico leafs with the rubber grommet but maybe it's the same for microswitches.  Is the actuator cylindrical?
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Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2005, 09:33:12 am »
The only ways to switch it are to change out the body of the joystick itself for a 4-way one, or put a restrictor plate on it.

The holes in the body of the 4-way bodies are diamond shaped.
The holes in the 8-way bodies are circular.
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Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2005, 09:47:18 am »
You can make it more difficult to hit the diagonals, by using the small cynlindrical actuator, but it's not true 4-way (as per the previous post)
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Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2005, 04:33:49 pm »
the wico microswitch joys only come with a square actuator.
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Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2005, 04:39:27 pm »
Oops.

I missed the microswitch part, but saw the rubber grommet part.
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