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mschwartz01:
Long time reader / First time poster here!!!

I'm looking for advice. I have a Super Pacman machine that my family loves to play.

The joystick however has an issue...

Up, Down, and Right work great... But left has a delay.

Is there a certain part inside I can replace to fix this or is it best to replace the whole joystick?

If the whole joystick needs replaced, any suggestion on which one to use? It seems there are so many different ones out there!

Thanks in advance for all of your help!

Thenasty:
open an look. maybe the leaf needs adjusting (if its leaf) and if its microswitch, then just replace that.

mschwartz01:
I removed the control panel last night to take a look but honestly, I'm pretty new at this... I'll take a picture to post tonight. Maybe that will help.

mschwartz01:



Looks like leaf if im not mistaken... You think I can do something to fix the existing joystick?

opt2not:
That's a very clean looking pac stick. Very little rust.

Just at first glace, it looks like you left switch's leafs are not making contact correctly like the other switches. If this picture was taken with the joystick at the rest position, there is a space between the left switch and the actuator (red knob thing). See how the long leaf blades on the other switches rest up against the actuator? When you press in a direction, the long blades push and make contact with the smaller blade to complete the circuit.

You can first try to adjust the blades using a pair of needle-nose pliers. Get the longer blades to rest against the actuator, and adjust the short blade so that when you press in a direction it makes contact together.  You can adjust the "sensitivity" of the leafs this way by making the short blade bend closer to the long ones.

If this doesn't fix the problem, you might have to trace the wire using a multimeter's continuity setting to check to see if there isn't a break in the wiring.
It could be deeper than that too, but lets hope what you're describing is just a matter of bending the leafs a bit.

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