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rehabing Nintendo joysticks - grease or oil?
shardian:
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--- Quote from: shardian on August 03, 2007, 08:56:53 am ---There is an inherent design flaw when you have to grease a frikkin joystick.
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There's nothing wrong with the design. It's either because the operator doesn't have enough patience or someone removed some important bits from the joystick.
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WICO grommet sticks don't need grease. Any spring centered stick doesn't need grease. Yet, a Nintendo stick is always lathered in nasty grease.
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: shardian on August 06, 2007, 09:25:03 am ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on August 03, 2007, 06:42:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on August 03, 2007, 08:56:53 am ---There is an inherent design flaw when you have to grease a frikkin joystick.
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There's nothing wrong with the design. It's either because the operator doesn't have enough patience or someone removed some important bits from the joystick.
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WICO grommet sticks don't need grease. Any spring centered stick doesn't need grease. Yet, a Nintendo stick is always lathered in nasty grease.
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Wico grommets could easily be considered a design flaw, considering the way they rust onto the handles, or the way they wear out and crack, or the fact that replacement grommets aren't being made and so they'll all eventually be useless sticks. OTH, keep the ball pivot in a Nintendo stick greased, and it'll last a hundred years- probably longer. You'll have to keep replacing springs and microswitches, but those are much easier to find replacement parts for. (BTW, I like Wico sticks.)
As to spring-centered sticks: Nintendo sticks ARE spring centered.
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Ponderosa on August 04, 2007, 02:45:32 pm ---The question I have is, does anyone know where to get 4 way restrictors for the nintendo sticks? All 4 of these sticks have 8 way restrictors attached, but you can see how a 4 way restrictor could be attached the the stick in lieu of the 8 way. I've done some searching and have come up empty.
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I've never seen any for sale by themselves, but Nintendo's 4-way titles did come with 4-way restrictor plates installed. Ditto for 2-way titles and 2-way restrictors. It wouldn't be hard to make some yourself- just print out the pic I posted in this thread so that the "square part" (ignore the protrusions with the mounting holes) is exactly as wide as a US quarter and you've got a perfect template for some sheet-metal work.
Good luck!
2PacMan:
I sprayed mine with a light coating of white lithium grease. They've worked great ever since. This stuff isn't very gunky either.
shardian:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on August 07, 2007, 11:04:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ponderosa on August 04, 2007, 02:45:32 pm ---The question I have is, does anyone know where to get 4 way restrictors for the nintendo sticks? All 4 of these sticks have 8 way restrictors attached, but you can see how a 4 way restrictor could be attached the the stick in lieu of the 8 way. I've done some searching and have come up empty.
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I've never seen any for sale by themselves, but Nintendo's 4-way titles did come with 4-way restrictor plates installed. Ditto for 2-way titles and 2-way restrictors. It wouldn't be hard to make some yourself- just print out the pic I posted in this thread so that the restrictor is exactly as big as a US quarter and you've got a perfect template for some sheet-metal work.
Good luck!
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Take down some dimensions for me on that 4-way restrictor and I could whip up a CAD file for you.