So I bought a used Hori EX2 for $40 and got a new one for CHristmas to have a lovely matched set. Comparing them I noticed my used one the stick is 'loose'. Not a lot, I didn't even go like 'Man this is broken' untill I compared it to the new in box unit. It has a bit of free 'wobble' but doesn't touch any microswitches without resistance. So I disasembled it to see if there was something I could tighten it. ...And I forgot how to reassemble it and had to disassemble the second one to use as a reference for the first one.

My results are just that the spring on the used one is a bit weaker. It was straight forward enough to disassemble the stick and get at the spring but does anyone know how hard it'd be to replace the spring with a stiffer one? Maybe if one of the springs gives out entirely?