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honkey:
I am starting to wonder if this would just be easier to get new wire and rewire the whole thing. Anybody done this before? Any advice?

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: honkey on November 08, 2011, 01:23:27 pm ---I am starting to wonder if this would just be easier to get new wire and rewire the whole thing. Anybody done this before? Any advice?

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Patience... You spent a whole 35 minutes on it. Do some reading and keep working with the multi-meter.

honkey:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 08, 2011, 01:57:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: honkey on November 08, 2011, 01:23:27 pm ---I am starting to wonder if this would just be easier to get new wire and rewire the whole thing. Anybody done this before? Any advice?

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Patience... You spent a whole 35 minutes on it. Do some reading and keep working with the multi-meter.

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You are right... I am just lost and frustrated. I have never used a multi meter and I am not even completely sure what I am looking for. Earlier though, I did find that there was a wire connecting buttons that was not connected to anything else, so I at least found part of the problem, now I just need to figure out how to fix that. Also, some of the wires are soldered on and some use disconnects... not quite sure what I am going to do about that... I do not have a desoldering iron.

JODY:
When it is doing that, is the joystick centered or can you tell it is stuck off center?  When you move the joystick, does it move smoothly or does it feel rough and / or rubbing on something?

Reason I ask, I bought a cabinet once and one of the joysticks was stuck in the up position.  The control panel had been redone to add a second stick.  The stick was rubbing on the wood behind the control panel.  There was a cutout for the joystick under stick 1 but not on stick 2 (which was not originally on the panel).  

A joystick can act up if it doesn't have enough free space to function properly, it isn't put together right (as in missing parts or not assembled right), wiring issues (wired wrong or short circuits), or a bad switch.

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