Chicago land help

Hi I am basically a noob at arcade sticks and I have read guides on how to alter you arcade stick but I am scared that I will break it haha. So is there anyone that i can meet up in the chicago,illinois area to help me. I just want to replace my ball stick to a bat one. I live near the o’hare area. Or can someone reference help that iI can find thank you.

Just try it. Seriously, there’s a ton of info on here about how to swap out a ton of parts on the madcatz TE/SE sticks, which due to lack of information I’m assuming you have. Find a guide follow it, remember the steps you took so you can put everything back imo.