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Jungle King joystick centering bellow

Mine is hogged out...anyone?

PM ME! Thanks
 
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It's a grommet...

Your looking for the rubber grommet right? Good luck man, as that size is HELLA hard to find.. It's the smaller diameter ones that are rare.. Best bet is to find another cp that has a stick, or find a used small stick that's grommet isn't dried out and shitty.. Hey, if you find a source let me know.. As I've got a bunch of taitos that need them :(
 
Bob Roberts has both sizes that were used.

If the joystick is a wico, it uses the big one.

If the joystick is out of a Pacman it uses the small one.

Let's see pics of your joystick assy and or the grommet in question. I have a nice new one in my ZK.
 
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That's cool if bob has them! Jungle Kings/Hunts came with wicos.. Not pacman, unless it was changed over. If it's a wico, it's the smaller one.. I'll take a picture of both to give ya an idea of sizing.
 
Bob roberts

So I can't upload my pics via my iPad :(
But I just checked out bobs site and he does list a grommet.. But it's not the smaller diameter one that fits the original smaller wico stick.. If you do a search for zookeeper grommet or taito grommet, you'll find a thread all about this.. Jungle King, Qix, frontline, zookeeper, and others all used the smaller wico that isn't available anywhere..

But, if you want to add a larger stick, there are plenty of options..
 
I got my wico grommet for my ZK from Bob. I will take a couple of pics and post them later, as I have my ZK cp off right now anyway.
 
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Hey, if he's got the right size ones.. I'd buy 10.. As I've had to beg borrow and steal for grommets for all my taitos.. I even asked mylstar if he had any nos ones left, nope :(
 
Thanks for the info guys...ill post a pic of the stick tomorrow. I do think that the shaft is smaller than the pacman one.
 
Wico "standard" stick (a la Dig Dug, Robotron, etc).....Wico "small" stick (a la Zookeeper, Jungle King, Scramble, etc)......and a Pac-Man stick (also used in Wizard Of Wor, and a lot of other Bally machines).....are three different grommets.

Edward
 
Bob Roberts has both sizes that were used.

If the joystick is a wico, it uses the big one.

If the joystick is out of a Pacman it uses the small one.

Let's see pics of your joystick assy and or the grommet in question. I have a nice new one in my ZK.

There are some even smaller than the pacman stick. Frogger is one that used them.
Do you have a micrometer or calipers to measure the shaft? I have some grommets with a small hole that can be reamed to suit. If its as small as the frogger shaft these wont work as the hole is slightly larger than those shafts.
 
There are some even smaller than the pacman stick. Frogger is one that used them.
Do you have a micrometer or calipers to measure the shaft? I have some grommets with a small hole that can be reamed to suit. If its as small as the frogger shaft these wont work as the hole is slightly larger than those shafts.


Frogger and other early sega games use the same grommet as the Taitos. The stick is just .5" or so longer then the Taito.
 
Zoo Keeper and Ms. Pac pics are reversed.

Would you mind taking a picture of the top as well just so everyone can see the difference?
 
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Found a guy and have 2 on the way!
 

Dokert, What kind of stick is on your Zookeeper?
Those measurements can't be correct. The "small" Wico is a hair smaller than a Ms. Pac-Man....and a Dig Dug is crazy bigger than both others. I just had to pull each out to check. A Pac-Man stick will not go into a "small" Wico grommet....it's just a hair too big. I will say, the "small" Wico stick would probably be acceptable in a Pac-Man grommet. Here's a few pictures I snapped....from left-to-right (and smallest to largest): Small Wico, Bally Pac-Man type, large Wico.

Edward
 

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Dokert, What kind of stick is on your Zookeeper?
Those measurements can't be correct. The "small" Wico is a hair smaller than a Ms. Pac-Man....and a Dig Dug is crazy bigger than both others. I just had to pull each out to check. A Pac-Man stick will not go into a "small" Wico grommet....it's just a hair too big. I will say, the "small" Wico stick would probably be acceptable in a Pac-Man grommet. Here's a few pictures I snapped....from left-to-right (and smallest to largest): Small Wico, Bally Pac-Man type, large Wico.

Edward

It would appear that I have a Large Wico in both my Dig Dug cp's and my ZooKeeper.
 
It would appear that I have a Large Wico in both my Dig Dug cp's and my ZooKeeper.

...which is odd because you bought your Zoo Keeper new and uncrated it yourself if memory serves.

My Zoo Keeper has the same small Wico in it that is in my Elevator Action, Qix, and Jungle King. (My Wild Western has the same small Wico now too, but it had a bat top microswitch stick in it when I got it.)
 
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