Re: Perhaps I'm wrong, but....


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Posted by Dave Widel on 16, 2001 at 9:52 AM:

In Reply to: Perhaps I'm wrong, but.... posted by Mojo2000 on 16, 2001 at 8:27 AM:

Yes, they usually just have an e-clip on the bottom. I generally use something sharp like an awl and slide it in the back of the clip and pry it off. The downside is that sometimes it goes flying. When you put it back on it should be a little hard to slide on. If not, turn it on its edge and give it a little tap with a hammer and it will tighten up.

There is another kind that has a spring loaded disc at the bottom. If you push the disc up it will expose a c-clip that will almost just fall off. The recess in the disc holds it in.

You can then pull the shaft out the top, don't forget what order the pieces that fall out go in. ;)

Dave

: : The problem is the ball handle of the joystick wont fit through the hole for me to take it out, so I know I have to take the control apart;

: : BUT

: : I don't know how to! the bottom of the shaft of the stick has a piece of rubber around it, so it can hit the switches, but from what I can tell, this is what is stopping me from pulling the shaft out from between the switch housing.

: Shouldn't most shafts like that simply unscrew? Or is there a C-clip underneath, near the switches, which holds the shaft in place?

: I've never actually removed a C-clip before, but it seems to me a set of needle-nosed pliers would do the job. Correction please if this is incorrect.




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