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Title: I need leaf switches...
Post by: garnerb350 on October 17, 2009, 09:28:04 pm: Hey guys...are there any vendors online that sell just the leaf switches for the joysticks...(WICO)? I ruined 2 of them...I wish i could find some that have the contacts on the sides instead of having them on the back...( tight space under the control panel of the cab i'm restoring)...
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: mytymaus007 on October 17, 2009, 10:11:17 pm: :applaud: Yeh WICO!!! I would like to get some 2 for my NEW Wico's just in case. Love my WICO's :notworthy:
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: mytymaus007 on October 17, 2009, 10:22:35 pm: Hey i found these leafs switches from this site. Has anyone ever bought from this site before. They look a bit off.

ooops heres the site http://www.moneymachines.com/buttonswitchjoystick.html (http://www.moneymachines.com/buttonswitchjoystick.html) :'(
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: RayB on October 18, 2009, 12:13:50 am: :dunno
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 18, 2009, 12:26:38 am: Quote from: mytymaus007 on October 17, 2009, 10:22:35 pm
Hey i found these leafs switches from this site. Has anyone ever bought from this site before. They look a bit off.

ITT: A lack of information.
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: gatordad on October 18, 2009, 03:21:00 pm: Bob roberts has the china made replacements ( they don't fit right just a tad sloppy and loose) , nobody makes wico leafs anymore that I know of.

Why not just fix the ones you currently have
If the tab is busted off just solder the wire in front of the black mounting plastic
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: SirPeale on October 18, 2009, 03:30:43 pm: I'm hoping that David makes Wico leaf replacements. And 4" Wico shafts too.
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: garnerb350 on October 18, 2009, 03:53:37 pm: Hey gator...I tried ( even wrote and earlier thread on it)...but i couldnt get the solder to hold...

( the contacts broke when i tried to bend them...i dremeled what i could to get more coverage...but like said before, i couldnt get the solder to stick...the contacts need to be rough i guess to get contact...) but i cant do it with what i have...

The old joystick had leafswitches where the contacts were on the sides and the contacts are very manageable...but the points on the other side are shots...I just wish i knew were I can find some like that...

Does anyone have some they can spare? (if i cant find any online?)
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: mytymaus007 on October 18, 2009, 06:54:55 pm: Did you try puting flux on the solder it makes it stick better :banghead:
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: garnerb350 on October 19, 2009, 08:06:30 am: "Damnit Jim...i'm a doctor, not a doomsday device maker"... :banghead:
I'm new to soldering....
Title: Re: I need leaf switches...
Post by: RayB on October 19, 2009, 11:14:26 am: Dremel in a rough spot to solder to...

Set up a search reminder on Ebay... sometimes NOS leaf switches pop up.