DC Arcade Stick joystick replacement

galfordo

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Before I dive into this thing, I was just wondering if anyone else out there has attempted it and succeeded.

I love my DC Arcade stick, but I would prefer the joystick to be a little bit tighter. Is this going to be a difficult project, or should it be pretty straight forward?

I was thinking of replacing it with an ultimate or a competition stick - or something along those lines.

--thanks in advance for any advice on this
 
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I'm quite sure without even checking measures that an Ultimate or a Competition stick is too big (deep) to fit a DC stick.
 
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Yeah, after digging around in the DC stick's guts for awhile, it looks like a little more trouble than it's worth. I'll probably just grab an stick from mas systems.
 
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If you already have mas sticks, you can save yourself some cash by making controller conversion boxes like these for about $$7-$8 each and a worn out controller or two.

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It's possible to swap out the stock DC stick with a variety of japanese sticks though, specially I'd suggest switching it with a sanwa optical.
 
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Convert an AES kidney bean stick!!! I'm gonna have mine done before the month ends hopefully...(don't have the money to blow on two of 'em quite yet)
 
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Scanline said:
It's possible to swap out the stock DC stick with a variety of japanese sticks though, specially I'd suggest switching it with a sanwa optical.
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Have you done this yet? I was a little worried when I looked at how specialized the housing the the joystick base looked.
 
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In My Defence;

1) I used the search function.

2) This thread poses the same question I want to ask.

3) SHUT UP.


Sooo has anyone successfully upgraded their DC Joystick's Joystick? As mine has far to much play and I'm thinking of a Sanwa upgrade??
 
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Replacing the joystick for a Japanese one, like Sanwa, makes more sense on the style of the whole stick, but it requires quite heavy modding, there was a tutorial out there. Using an Ultimate just doesn't look possible.
 
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Thanks for the responses guys, the links look great.

I need to tidy up the wiring in my stick anyway, so I have to do some maintenance and may as well do the buttons too :)
 
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I just put a Seimitsu LS-32 in my Agetec stick, and I noticed the Seimitsu joystick shafts sit a bit shorter compared to Sanwa sticks. I shaved down the top of my Seimitsu stick, so the joystick shaft can be a little higher. Probably doesn't make sense, but unfortunately I didn't take any pics.

If you like your spring a little stiff, go to a hardware store and buy a new spring. OSH carries them, but I am sure other major hardware stores do as well.
 
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