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Kremmit:

Most decent hardware stores have a section somewhere full of little bins with screws, bolts, nuts, and other misc. do-dads.  The good stores have a really big section of bins, and they've often got some with screws.  In the US, I have good luck with ACE stores, and lousy luck with Home Depot.  Can't tell you which stores to hit in Europe, but the general rule is, you want a store that's selling to farmers, mechanics, and the like, rather than stores that market to yuppies wanting to fix-up their house.

f00ge:


--- Quote from: Kremmit on January 02, 2006, 03:29:27 am ---Most decent hardware stores have a section somewhere full of little bins with screws, bolts, nuts, and other misc. do-dads.  The good stores have a really big section of bins, and they've often got some with screws.  In the US, I have good luck with ACE stores, and lousy luck with Home Depot.  Can't tell you which stores to hit in Europe, but the general rule is, you want a store that's selling to farmers, mechanics, and the like, rather than stores that market to yuppies wanting to fix-up their house.

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Hehe, guess I only have yuppie stores around here, then.  ;D :o

markrvp:

Here is the Link to the thread that gave the exact model of the spring:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=5357.0



I just looked at HomeDepot.com and I can't find it, but looking at homedepot.com is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. 

Kremmit's right, once you get your joystick, you can take it apart and then carry the spring with you to the store.  In Home Depot, the springs are located where they have the screen and storm door hardware.




f00ge:


--- Quote from: markrvp on January 02, 2006, 11:07:14 am ---Here is the Link to the thread that gave the exact model of the spring:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=5357.0



I just looked at HomeDepot.com and I can't find it, but looking at homedepot.com is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. 

Kremmit's right, once you get your joystick, you can take it apart and then carry the spring with you to the store.  In Home Depot, the springs are located where they have the screen and storm door hardware.




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Thanks for the info.

Getting that one here in Denmark - in a hardware store nearby -  is probably going to be more like finding nano-engineered needle in multible, very large haystacks. :)

But I guess the spring just has to be 'kinda' the right length? So many springs will go with it.  ???

DaveStall:

I have replaced the springs in both my J-Sticks and in two old Wico sticks.  In both cases, I just made sure the diameter of the spring was close to what I was removing and that the tension of the replacement spring felt good.  I took a Dremel tool and cut the springs to the lengths that I needed (it takes a little trial and error to get the right length for the right compression, so start with a little more length than you think and work your way down).

Dave


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