Does Anyone Make Reproduction Midway Joystick Spring Steel Parts?

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Does Anyone Make Reproduction Midway Joystick Spring Steel Parts?

Long title, sorry.

My kids were playing Tapper the other day and the spring steel portion of the joystick broke. This piece makes the tap return to the starting position and without it, the tap just stays limp.

Does anyone make these already or do I need to cut a new one from some pinball ramp spring steel?
 
I could use one for my Tapper cocktail after someone broke one of them at SFGE last year. I fabbed one out of a piece of hacksaw blade that works but it just isn't the same.
 
Does anyone make these already or do I need to cut a new one from some pinball ramp spring steel?
Mine broke a couple years ago, and I tried the pinball ramp spring steel (I had just replaced a torn ramp on RFM), and it didn't work well at all. The ramp steel is much thinner and less springy, so I tried stacking a few of them, but it was still very loose.

I ended up fixing my by taking apart the leaf switch and sliding the broken piece back into the leaf stack (IIRC, I notched it so it'd stay in place). The original piece is quite a bit longer than it needed to be, so now it's just a little bit shorter. It feels identical, and has been holding up fine for the last couple years... and I just checked on it, and it hasn't moved (I had to look closely to figure out which side I fixed).

DogP
 
Mine broke a couple years ago, and I tried the pinball ramp spring steel (I had just replaced a torn ramp on RFM), and it didn't work well at all. The ramp steel is much thinner and less springy, so I tried stacking a few of them, but it was still very loose.

I ended up fixing my by taking apart the leaf switch and sliding the broken piece back into the leaf stack (IIRC, I notched it so it'd stay in place). The original piece is quite a bit longer than it needed to be, so now it's just a little bit shorter. It feels identical, and has been holding up fine for the last couple years... and I just checked on it, and it hasn't moved (I had to look closely to figure out which side I fixed).

DogP

Thanks, very helpful post.
 
I could use one for my Tapper cocktail after someone broke one of them at SFGE last year. I fabbed one out of a piece of hacksaw blade that works but it just isn't the same.

This was my first thought as a hacksaw blade felt as stiff. Thanks for the info.
 
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