odd Leaf switch for a Gauntlet Joystick. Anyone know where to find one?

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odd Leaf switch for a Gauntlet Joystick. Anyone know where to find one?

Anyone know a good place to get one of these or have a couple laying around? It's an odd type of controller leaf switch which I'm not familiar with.
 

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Looks like the leaf switches you normally see on Wico sticks, but with a hole drilled through it for the screw to hold it in place...
 
Little Kids like to hang on to the Gauntlet joysticks, which have been doing a number on the DOWN leaf switches. This the second one that has broke. I've been looking online for replacements but no such luck. right now as a quick fix, I've been taking apart your basic leaf switch and gorilla gluing the longest part to the side of the old switch. I've done this twice and repaired switch has been holding but I know that this is just a quick fix. I was going to just replace the whole controller but it turns out that the mounting plates on my extras are not big enough to overlap the bolting holes on the controller board. If anyone knows or has any of these leaf switches, please let me know.
 
Here's a pic of the franken-switch. Since the replaced part didn't have the end, I just soldered it to the end of the broken original. I just hope that I don't have to do this with all of them.
 

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