Galaga joystick refurb

JohnV

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As far as I can tell, no one sells a refub/rebuild kit for Galaga joysticks. Does anyone have part numbers for the bushings or other replaceable parts? Mine works but is pretty weak to spring back to center, and in fact it won't fully spring back to center.
 
That's good info, thanks. Bending the leaf switches fully restored the spring in the stick. While I had it all disassembled, I noticed the pivot bracket was not turning on the pin; the whole pin was turning. The pin was frozen inside the bronze bushings. I removed the pin (with some difficulty; had to press it out in the vise) and it was coated in some black sticky gunk. I cleaned and polished the pin, and cleaned inside the bushings. I put it all back together and the pivot bracket now turns easily on the pin. The joystick now works like new!

And I didn't have to replace any parts. Just a little bending and cleaning.
 
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