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TelcoLou:
Not me .. I have those sticks. Question: did they come completly un-assembled?

payment_due:
The spring/z-stop etc assembly was assembled. All that was left to do with them was to insert the shafts and set up the actuators/erings.

I decided I'm going to get rid of these things and go with some Sanwa sticks.  Screw it.

Namco:
The stick looks to belong to a Happ Ultimate. Not a Happ Competition at all. Ultimates are like the Competition's bigger, heavier, slower, clunkier cousin. I'll post some pics in a second...

Namco:
Here's my Happ Competition exploded. Square actuator, non-tapered pivot washer thingy, 5/16th inch diameter shaft, two rings on the shaft.


Here is the Happ Comp on the left next to the Happ Ultimate on the right. The Happ Ultimate is little longer and wider:


Ultimate has a 7/16th diameter shaft, a whole 1/8 wider than the comp, and it has the 3 rings on it for the e-clip.


Here's the Ultimate assembly. Note the round actuator that can be flipped for "4-way mode", the tapered pivot washer thingy, and the levers on the microswitches. The competition does not have levers on the microswitches while the ultimate does (because of the round actuator)


I think they gave you the wrong shaft. Sorry man.

But then again, the Competition stick I have is probably like 20 years old. Maybe designs have changed since then. The Ultimate in the picture is from 2002.

EDIT: Looking at yours again, the shaft does fit into the actuator, so it may be that the Competitions are actually that wide nowadays. Also I notice that the plastic part of the shaft/bat matches my competition and not the Ultimate.  Are you sure you can't push that stick down through the base to expose the second e-clip ring? Force it if you have to, man!

EDIT2: I measured it wrong. Fixed measurements.

Kevin Mullins:

--- Quote from: Namco on March 26, 2009, 12:45:09 am ---I think they gave you the wrong shaft. Sorry man.

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But apparently the pivot cylinder AND the actuator both fit on the shaft he has.
If he had the beefier (larger) stick, then neither of those would have gone on at all.


The Z-Stop ain't upside down or something is it?
Is the actuator hanging up on any of the actual switches?
(just eliminating the simple out of the equation)


--- Quote from: payment_due on March 25, 2009, 10:13:56 pm ---And both pivot cylinders are the same, either way they face.

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What I meant was that the competition sticks used to come with two different "length" pivot cylinders. (in the little bag o parts) One short, one a little longer.


--- Quote from: payment_due on March 25, 2009, 10:19:53 pm ---tiny update, just for shits and giggles, I tried putting the shaft through without the pivot cylinder and it went all the way through.

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Hmmmmmm......

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