Crappy Old Atari Logo Sticks + New Ram Controls Parts = Awesome

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Crappy Old Atari Logo Sticks + New Ram Controls Parts = Awesome

When I bought my Gauntlet II, the guy had swapped all of the logo sticks with some cheap new generic ones. He said the old sticks were all sloppy and no good, but he'd throw them in if I wanted.

I finally got around to tearing them down, and two of them were pretty good (the outside sticks, I'm sure). The other two however, were terrible. They wouldn't center at all, and were terribly sloppy.

I dis-assembled, cleaned everything up, and replaced the centering plastics with new parts from Ram Controls. Re-assembled with a little white lithium on the moving parts, and WOW! These things feel great! Crispy, almost. Here's a photo of the old plastics vs. new. I stuck a couple of arrows in there to show the wear spots. Bravo, Ram Controls!
 

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Amazing what some new plastic will do, huh? :)

Special KLOV offer still stands at $10 per set (1 pivot ball, 1 plunger), shipping included.

Dave
 
Amazing what some new plastic will do, huh? :)

Special KLOV offer still stands at $10 per set (1 pivot ball, 1 plunger), shipping included.

Dave
Dave, I thought that was you. Excellent product. I didn't know about the KLOV discount, but it's well worth it even at full price. Fast shipping too! Thanks!
 
What technique did you use to get the pin out of the small part on the end?

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What do you do when the housing is wore to hell? I have at least one like this. It took three sticks to make one good one for my pacmania.
 
What technique did you use to get the pin out of the small part on the end?
I held the stick in a bench vise fitted with rubber jaw pads, and drove the roll pins out with a punch. If I had not had a punch, I would have ground the point off of a finish nail and used that to drive it out. (But a punch is the proper tool. :D)

I reinstalled the pins by squeezing them in with the vise (rubber pad on the stick side, no pad on the pin side). Worked great.
 
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