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Arcade Collecting => Restorations & repair => Topic started by: fixedpigs on December 05, 2010, 08:57:23 am

Title: where to get joust/defender joysticks...?
Post by: fixedpigs on December 05, 2010, 08:57:23 am
does anyone know where to get something like these...?

http://www.mantisamusements.com/joystick1.htm (http://www.mantisamusements.com/joystick1.htm)

(http://www.mantisamusements.com/pics/Joyreplace.JPG)

i emailed them a couple of years ago with no reply & the website hasn't been updated since '07...

thanks...!
Title: Re: where to get joust/defender joysticks...?
Post by: RetroACTIVE on December 05, 2010, 02:44:43 pm
Try arcadeshop or quarterarcade
Title: Re: where to get joust/defender joysticks...?
Post by: opt2not on December 05, 2010, 03:09:58 pm
I have an incomplete teal - Joust stick that I can sell ya'.
It's missing a few things to it -- the bracket that holds the leaf-switches, as well as the e-clip, and washer for the shaft
I was going to try to find the parts to it and rebuild it complete, but ended up just stuffing it in a drawer.

PM me if you're interested.
Title: Re: where to get joust/defender joysticks...?
Post by: fixedpigs on December 05, 2010, 03:18:04 pm
arcadeshop & quartercade don't have the actual assemblies...

i'm most interested in the metal part on the right of the photograph i posted...

my goal is to rebuild my sticks(i have four used) so that they don't have any up & down play from years of use...

opt2not...
is that a used stick or new...?
Title: Re: where to get joust/defender joysticks...?
Post by: opt2not on December 05, 2010, 03:40:23 pm
It's used. 
Also, I just found the base.  So all it's missing is the screws to hold the thing together, leaf-switches, the shaft's washer and e-clip.
Title: Re: where to get joust/defender joysticks...?
Post by: RetroACTIVE on December 05, 2010, 05:46:47 pm
arcadeshop & quartercade don't have the actual assemblies...

really?
http://arcadeshop.com/pics/williams-joystick-kit.jpg (http://arcadeshop.com/pics/williams-joystick-kit.jpg)
Title: Re: where to get joust/defender joysticks...?
Post by: fixedpigs on December 06, 2010, 10:46:38 am
arcadeshop & quartercade don't have the actual assemblies...

really?
http://arcadeshop.com/pics/williams-joystick-kit.jpg (http://arcadeshop.com/pics/williams-joystick-kit.jpg)

ah...it is labeled as 'williams joystick rebuild kit'...it would have come up in my search on their site if it had the word joust or defender in it...

thanks...!