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Green Giant:
Been wondering if anyone has come up with a way to add lightup/balltop joystick handles to the old Midway 49-ways.

Read earlier about adding the new GGG centering grommets which make the versa49 ball tops fit, but haven't seen any results of this. 

Anyone figured tryed this out yet.  Not the Happ 49's but the old Midway ones you can pick up on ebay.

Kremmit:
I considered this once upon a time-  It looks to me as if you'll have to replace the actuator, dustwasher and sliders as well as the grommet.  Or, you could possibly just enlarge the hole in the dustwasher and actuator, and widen the slots in the sliders.

-OR-

Put the new handles on a lathe and turn down the diameter of the shaft until it fits the old parts. 

Green Giant:
Looks like good old black bats for me.   :censored:

Kaytrim:
I have one of the versa49 replacement sticks and grommet.  I had to ream out the plastic actuator to fit the stick.  If I had more space under the CP it would work.  I really want to make this work because the grommets I have on my Midway 49 sticks are worn to the point where it is hard to return to dead center.

Kaytrim

Kremmit:

--- Quote from: Kaytrim on June 02, 2007, 10:58:12 am ---I have one of the versa49 replacement sticks and grommet.  I had to ream out the plastic actuator to fit the stick.  If I had more space under the CP it would work.  I really want to make this work because the grommets I have on my Midway 49 sticks are worn to the point where it is hard to return to dead center.

Kaytrim

--- End quote ---

You didn't have to do anything to the sliders?  I thought the slots would be too narrow for the new shaft.

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