Seimitsu LS-30 rotary stick

[chinitosoccer]

Does anybody knows where to get replacement tops for these joysticks?? I have 4 top less LS-30's, I have read somewhere that Happ buttons caps can be modded to fit..but I don't know where to get Happ buttons, the few ones that I had before I got them from Lizardlick which is currently out of business..

 

[codecrank]

sell me two of them and I'll tell you how

ahhh yes, the happ button mod, you must be referring to this: http://www.emphatic.se/?p=991
here is the old happ button. http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73&products_id=185

but, you can improve on that mod by using a CONVEX button, woooooo ! http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=379

Enjoy , and keep me in mind if you want to get rid of those LS-30s !

 

[Pope Sazae]

I know of an Ikari board that would really welcome a couple of these

 

[chinitosoccer]

Sorry people but I don't plan to sell them ATM since one pair of these Ls-30's is for my personal use and the other 2 are still "paying the bills" if you know what I mean..and it is just because of this that I'm looking for those caps in first place, a kid spilled Ice Cream inside one of the cap-less ones and when it dried up the rotary mechanism became all mushy and unresponsive, so I had to disassemble the whole stick including the bottom pcb in order to clean it.

 

[chinitosoccer]

Well, finally I've made some progress, I modded the button cap to make it fit inside the joystick handle, it wasn't a simple modification, I had to use a grinding stone and I almost destroy the button top completely, albeit I didn't use a Happ branded button but a chinese knockoff with a slightly different diameter:

I filed the tabs slightly, thus pushing the tabs that protrude from below I can now remove the cap easily without the need of any special tool.

Final product:

 

[codecrank]

Nice!




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