need a pic of a SAMI joystick

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i need a pic of a SAMI joystick, taken thru the coin door. i believe mine is missing springs that self center it. also, there is some side to side wobble( or looseness) before the switch mechanism begins to move. the allen screw is tight. its that looseness supposed to be there?

thanks
mike
 
SAMI stick

I am working on 2 SAMI machines right now at the warehouse. One is an early production # model and the other is much later. They have very different joystick assembly's under the control panel. They are both original but they obviously change the stick design part way through the production run of this game.

If this is not the stick you have I can try to get you some pics on Wednesday when I am there.
 
the joy stick in the pics from ohemio is like mine. from the pics, it looks like the " wings" that the spring end are hooked to operate independently. mine have some tack welds on them, like the whole thing is welded together as a unit. can you hold the stick straight up and from underneath, move each "wing" ? . how does moving the stick side to side move each wing, if the wings are independent ? also, with the stick centered, each switch is open? i'd love to see a video of the stick moving side to side, seeing how it works. i hooked a spring from each wing up to the body. its working pretty well, but its not right. i dont want to pill it apart, grind off the added welds, and try to make it original unless i have a good understanding of how its supposed to work. better the way it is, than to have it not work at all. a short video would be awesome.

thanks much
mike
 
i just took another look at the pics, and saw one that makes it clearer. i'm going to pull mine apart and take another look at it

thanks
 
fixed. someone tig welded the two halfs together. i ground off the weld, cleaned and adjusted it. works nice,

thanks all
mike
 
Glad the pics helped man...can't wait to tear down and restore my SAMI...Sitting in my basement nestled in shrink wrap.

Post a Vid of that thing in action when you have time!
 
I am working on 2 SAMI machines right now at the warehouse.

If anyone needs the red grip for the joystick they should act fast as pbresource.com has NOS grips for $8 each :eek:! About two thirds of the way down on this page.

You guys are welcome ;)

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Hey! I didn't realize my SAMI album was public. Sheesh, glad it helped :)
 
cnlmoore,

Sorry if I shared the link but on 8-21-11 you posted it to me on this forum...just trying to help a brother out. Again thanks for sharing and I apologize sincerely if you weren't good with the re-post of the address.

OHEMIO
 
I'm just messing with you, its fine. Glad it helped someone...I still can't get my stick to function properly, but I picked up a midway invaders joystick assembly for peanuts and its the exact same stick. Hope to swap soon and play some SAMI
 
Can't wait to tear my SAMI down and restore it...almost done with the remodel on this condo.

Have a good one clmoore...

OHEMIO
 
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