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Removing 22 year old joysticks!!!!!
Zeitgeist:
I've had this happen as well.
I almost destroyed the stick (shaft) in my attempts to remove the old grommet.
I used penetrating oil (that destroyed the rubber) a hack saw, cold chisel & a pair of curved jaw pliers (overkill probably).
The main thing (IMHO) is to preserve the housing & switches & stick if at all possible.
As oscar said the centering grommets are replaceable.
I purchased mine from John's Jukes in Canada.
John is an honest & helpfull person & the grommets were reaonably priced (haven't checked in a while quantities may be low).
The rubber is very stiff & works great if you are trying to play 4 way stick games such as pacman or donkeykong with an 8 way ball top, since you have to exert deliberate force.
http://www.flippers.com/
They are also available on ebay from time to time:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3218848422&category=13718
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3218791553&category=13718
If you do however damage the stick beyond use you can replace those as well.
Alan from TNG sales has these on eBay quite often.
They are of good quality & replace the Original Wico sticks perfectly.
He's also an honest person to deal with:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=3218402270
Good luck ;)
Pooman2084:
Nice one. THanks very much guys. I'll let you know how i get on 2nite.
I'll get this baby running again...........
Zeitgeist:
Though you might like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3218838614&category=13718
Pooman2084:
:D :D ;D ;D :D
SUCCESS!
WD40 did the trick and they came off nicely after a few hours. Thanks guys - it's really appreciated.