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KonkeyKong:

for some  reason I can't get the search to bring up anything dealing with 4 way, so I'm gonna go ahead and ask... I bought a NOS Wico 4-way a while back, but I can still hit diagonals with it.  Here's what I know:

1. It's authentic, says Wico Corporation right on it.
2. Has a diamond shaped hole in the top plate as opposed to a round hole.
3. Has an actuator different from all my Wico 8 way sticks, straight cylinder, no "step" in it.

any advice as to how to eliminate the diagonal action?

torez:

That "diamond shape" hole has 4 edges or 8?

While the joystick is out, hit the diagonal and see if it activates any switches.  It should activate two of them for diagonal.

RayB:

Photos

KonkeyKong:

not great pictures, but...
the actuator on the right is from the 4 way

rescue161:

The diamond shaped hole is there so that two switches will never contact at the same time.  That's the whole idea behind a 4-way stick.  The "straight" actuator will not physically let you contact two switches at the same time.

Hopefully this helps.

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