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Title: wico 8 way to 4 way
Post by: muell67 on February 21, 2005, 11:35:06 pm

I have a wico 8 way microswitch joystick with the rubber grommet and I was wondering if there was a way to switch it over to a 4 way. Please let me know. Thanks.

Do the versa ball shafts fit these?

Title: Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
Post by: telengard on February 21, 2005, 11:46:51 pm

Hmm, I think the originals came with 2 different actuators so you could choose to use it as a 4 way or 8 way.  Do you only have one?  I'm thinking of Wico leafs with the rubber grommet but maybe it's the same for microswitches.  Is the actuator cylindrical?

Title: Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on February 22, 2005, 09:33:12 am

The only ways to switch it are to change out the body of the joystick itself for a 4-way one, or put a restrictor plate on it.

The holes in the body of the 4-way bodies are diamond shaped.
The holes in the 8-way bodies are circular.

Title: Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
Post by: RayB on February 22, 2005, 09:47:18 am

You can make it more difficult to hit the diagonals, by using the small cynlindrical actuator, but it's not true 4-way (as per the previous post)

Title: Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
Post by: bigle on February 22, 2005, 04:33:49 pm

the wico microswitch joys only come with a square actuator.

Title: Re: wico 8 way to 4 way
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on February 22, 2005, 04:39:27 pm

Oops.

I missed the microswitch part, but saw the rubber grommet part.