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Reconditioning Nintendo 4-Way Joystick or Alternative
MaximRecoil:
Rust should be the least of your concerns. If you are playing it enough to wear away the oil completely, to the point that it could rust, then rust won't be able to collect on a part that's moving a lot inside a socket like that anyway. Plus, it isn't hard to spray a shot of silicone lubricant down in there every now and then. I've never seen any rust on that bearing.
You can obviously use grease if you want but in my experience, it sucks. It will make your joystick sluggish/sticky; at least it did with the types of grease that I've tried.
Bender:
I just referbed an old Nintendo joystick for my donkey Kong cab (I'm slowly fixing up on part at a time, cap kit today actually)
I used rubbing alcohol and some q-tips to remove ALL the old grease(you have to roll around that little ball thing in there to get at it all and let it soak in there a while) which was like gum on there and then replaced it it with some Teflon grease I had from working on mountain bikes the stuff works great and it NEVER gets sticky it's as smooth as silk! works better than any I remember playing, in fact I just got 102,800 no I'm serious 100 points less than you, how funny is that! :D
--- Quote from: DonkeyKong on February 17, 2008, 09:46:08 pm ---I hear ya, I've just read a lot of people talking about greasing them. And mine had grease in it. I would think something has to be in there to cover the steel so it doesn't rust. A light oil will eventually wear away and expose the metal. And when it's rusty inside, what can you do? I would think it's pretty much toast then.
It's too bad someone doesn't make replacement Nintendo joysticks that are just like the original, except brand new.
I'll give this one some cleaning when I get a little more time. Thanks for the help and advice MaximRecoil!
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MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: Bender on February 17, 2008, 10:51:16 pm ---I just referbed an old Nintendo joystick for my donkey Kong cab (I'm slowly fixing up on part at a time, cap kit today actually)
I used rubbing alcohol and some q-tips to remove ALL the old grease(you have to roll around that little ball thing in there to get at it all and let it soak in there a while) which was like gum on there and then replaced it it with some Teflon grease I had from working on mountain bikes the stuff works great and it NEVER gets sticky it's as smooth as silk! works better than any I remember playing, in fact I just got 102,800 no I'm serious 100 points less than you, how funny is that! :D
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DuPont by any chance? That's an interesting idea. DuPont teflon bearing grease is great stuff. I should give that a try, if I can find any that is. I can't see it being any smoother than what I'm already using, which is...smooth, but I can see it lasting longer than a light lubricant would.
Bender:
this is the Grease I used
I've had it for at least 10 years and it is still like new, although its almost all gone now :'(
Here's another tip I discovered, If you bend the arms on the microswitches a little more so they're almost touching the shaft and the stick will be more responsive (damn, that sounds bad out of context)
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: Bender on February 18, 2008, 12:56:37 am ---Here's another tip I discovered, If you bend the arms on the microswitches a little more so they're almost touching the shaft and the stick will be more responsive (damn, that sounds bad out of context)
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I recently undid some bends like that in one of my Nintendo joysticks, that someone else had done. I prefer the stock arrangement. I move the stick all the way until it hits the restrictor anyway, so it doesn't really matter at what point in that short trip that the switch closes.