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Posted by Escher on 2, 2001 at 10:09 PM:

In Reply to: Re: wico leaf joysticks 4/8 or both ways posted by telengard on 2, 2001 at 9:03 PM:

I experienced this exact same phenomenon but I had the 4-way actuator and had to really push it all the way to actuate the switch... what I did was wrap about 3 rounds of masking tape around the actuator and it improved dramatically (and still doesn't trip the 8 ways) I assume it would work also in an 8 way scenario.

One a realated note: I had switch connection
problems with the WICO balltop I got. Basically
there was this gray covering on the points (Which
I assumed was supposed to be there) but connection
was really spotty when I put it on a continuity meter, so I used some electrical contact cleaner and a business card to remove some of the gray
'coating' on the points.

Anyone else had experience with this? These are
NOS, but I guess it's possible that it's a fine
layer of corrosion on the points from sitting on
the shelf from the mid 80s

JWitt


: Thanks for the response. The docs say .600 for 8 way and .500 for 4 way. Are these common parts
: that can be bought at a place like home depot?
: I measured the diameter of the actuator and it's
: 5/8". So I guess my next question is, why does
: it behave like a 4 way? With a lot of effort
: I can get it to do diagonals but I really need
: to push it.

: ~telengard




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