Joystick grommets.. Midway, Taito, Stern, Sega... All the same grommet!!
So all these years I was told and read that there was a difference between midway joystick grommets and taito ones.. Midway used their own sticks or used wicos, taito used only wicos that I know of.. Also stern and Sega/Gremlin also used wicos.
Well guess what? I just took apart a few mrs pacman sticks and the grommet hole is the exact same diameter as all of the above mentioned companies.. So short and long throw wico sticks use the exact same fricken grommet! Only difference I noticed was a couple of the midway grommets only have (2) mounting holes, Eventhough there are 4 holes drilled into a mrs pacman joystick base. So all these years and everything I've read is incorrect!
I'll post pictures of both grommets later on, to help prove my findings. Am I the only one who figured this out?
So all these years I was told and read that there was a difference between midway joystick grommets and taito ones.. Midway used their own sticks or used wicos, taito used only wicos that I know of.. Also stern and Sega/Gremlin also used wicos.
Well guess what? I just took apart a few mrs pacman sticks and the grommet hole is the exact same diameter as all of the above mentioned companies.. So short and long throw wico sticks use the exact same fricken grommet! Only difference I noticed was a couple of the midway grommets only have (2) mounting holes, Eventhough there are 4 holes drilled into a mrs pacman joystick base. So all these years and everything I've read is incorrect!
I'll post pictures of both grommets later on, to help prove my findings. Am I the only one who figured this out?


