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U360 alternative options questions
« on: October 04, 2008, 07:29:19 pm »
I'm ordering some U360s and I'm wondering whether the following stuff at Lizard Licks will fit/work with them:

- Sanwa JLW-SP Spring - is this as stiff as the stiffer spring for the U360?

- will any of the ball top types will fit the U360?

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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2008, 09:50:43 pm »
The 35mm (LS-35 I think they're called) will work.
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2008, 06:25:34 am »
The U360 was designed to be similar to the Sanwa sticks in design. The ball tops from Sanwa sticks will fit the U360. Providing that your U360 is also a ball top cause the bat handles(both U360 and sanwa) have a thicker rod made specificly for the bat handles. Although you can buy a conversion thing that will allow you to add a bat handle to a bat top. But you can't put a ball top on a bat handle stick.

As for the springs, I'm not sure. The inner mechanics of the Sanwa stick and the U360 differ in design so they may not be compatible.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2008, 06:29:41 am by efjayel »
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2008, 11:43:15 am »
Quote from: efjayel on October 05, 2008, 06:25:34 am
The U360 was designed to be similar to the Sanwa sticks in design.

I don't think they were designed to be like Sanwa stick, I believe they are Sanwa sticks. They take them and modify them with the new guts they have designed.
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2008, 01:45:45 pm »
That could be true too.
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2008, 01:58:18 pm »
To my knowledge, it's very true.
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2008, 03:04:29 pm »
FWIW the restrictors say Sanwa on them.
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2008, 03:49:30 pm »
The base of the joystick itself also says Sanwa on it.


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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2008, 04:05:30 pm »
To echo the previous posters, they are the same sticks.  In fact, I originally ordered a Bat Top U360.  After using it for a while, I decided that I really wanted it to be a Ball Top.  So I just ordered a Ball Top Sanwa JLW-TM from Lizardlick and took the two sticks apart and swapped the joystick assembly.  And bam, now my U360 is a ball top!
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2008, 07:02:42 pm »
Thanks. Yeah, I knew the base was a Sanwa (or Seimitsu, I couldn't remember) but didn't know what ball tops would fit. Not only cheaper, but more colors available there if the tops that fit LB-35 are compatible.
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2008, 08:00:44 am »
Each Sanwa/Seimitsu ball top will fit.
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Re: U360 alternative options questions
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2008, 09:12:13 pm »
Yeah, that's pretty much the answer I got from Andy and the guy at Lizard Lick. I went ahead and asked everybody just to make sure. Thanks.
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