Thanks, so I guess TM-8 it is, it should fit in those 2 sticks no problem then? The plate has the same mounting holes as a JLF?
Yes, the JLW mount plate has the same four main mount holes as the JLF. it be a tight squeeze but a JLW can fit in a TE. I have a JLW installed into a Hrap V4 (instead of the Hayabusa joystick).
They haven’t came out since the kick starter Universal S plates were made?
BTW I used the S-plate to install a LS-40 in my TE using the same mount holes you would use with the Sanwa mount on that arcade panel
Yes I know I should get pictures.
I know they have Universal S plates because I have one. I used it on my JLW.
Do Jlf shaft covers fit on the TM-8?
sorta, the shaft is the rigth thickness, but the shaft is a bit on the long side (so the shaft cover ends up too short).
You might want washers or something to shim the shaft cover up
Actually in the pictures I posted of the sunken dust washer mod at the end of the JL40W, you can see a JLF shaft cover on the TM shaft. You’ll see it poke out a bit, and it’s also been shimmed up in that image. Normally the TM shaft is about 2 mm higher than a shaft cover, so you will need a nylon washer that is about 2 mm tall to get it right.
Alright, I’ll try and find a nylon ring to match the proper thickness at the store, not a big fan of a gap between the balltop and shaft cover. 
If you don’t find one, you could also hit the plumping/faucet aisle and look for o-rings. Nice thing about those, they’re stretchy and you can get them thick enough to do the job.
Funny that you prefer the harder spring of the JLW, I don’t, and thats why the old version of the JLW is my all time favourite joystick, it used to ship with a softer spring and Omron switches, I discovered this when I got my Status cabinet, its an old Capcom cab from the time when the JLW was Sanwa’s mainstream joystick, the Capcom Power stick fighter for the SNES also comes with this older version of the JLW.
I’m also curious to know what are your preferred games to play on a stick, since I can’t play fighters with the LS-40 without F***/*g up my execution with accidental jumps, other than that it is a very good joystick.
I play Street Fighter on stick. I don’t have the random jump problem any more so than on something else, like a JLF. That reminds me, if you want a weaker spring for the JLW you could swap in a LS-32/40 spring and it would work perfectly.
Yes, I have already tried with an LS-32 spring but it felt too loose, I didn’t like it, if someone could make reproductions of the old JLW springs that would awesome.
edit: sorry for hijack your thread but heres a photo showing the different springs:
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac8/chinitosoccer/2014-12-28_12-18-43_958_zps0fa8bc55.jpg
The JLW spring is similar to the Ls-40/56 spring? Have you tried a custom JLF 1.5-2lb spring?
You can’t really use the JLF custom springs. I even sacrificed a JLF flange to make fit on the JLW and it didn’t work out too well. It worked but felt really off. It’s possible the hole wasn’t smooth enough for the JLF part.
Ultimarc makes replacement springs for the JLW, they also have a heavier spring. It’s for their J-Stik and Ultrastik lines, which are just JLWs (hall effect modded in the case if the Ultrastik). They also have different gates, stock square, octagonal, and even circular. Also, have longer shafts.
Kowals site seems down, does the JLW have a shorter throw and engage than the LS-40 and 56?
Slag Coin does have ratings for the throw and engage for all 3 Joysticks. http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/attributes_brands.html
but no exact figures are given
According to Slag Coin; both the Sanwa JLF and the Seimitsu LS-40 has a short throw whole the LS-56 has a medium throw.
LS-56 has a medium engage, the LS-40 has a short engage and both versions of the JLW has a Far engage.
Because the shafts are longer on the JLW it will have longer throw/engage. The levers are not all that different from one another when it comes to that stuff, many of them share similar enough measurements when it comes to switch layout and actuator size, and also the ratios of those measurements to each other. With tweaking you can make any lever similar enough, so IMO the things I look for in a lever is the quality of the parts and ease of switch swapping.
Depending on where you hold the shaft can also change the throw/engage as well as the height of a bat top or ball top.
I have this but I remember people were saying it’s not accurate
http://i.imgur.com/7Sz0vXM.png
But I also have this but the JLW isn’t on it but if it has a slightly longer throw and engage than the LS-40 then I guess that’s all I need to know
Keep in mind there are other aspects to the JLW which probably put it close to LS-40. For example, JLW has a wider diameter on the actuator, making it easier to hit the switches. The bell is also straight on the JLW compared to the LS-40 which has a slight and barely noticeable slope to it. That’s also something to consider. Because of this, both levers hit the switches at slightly different angles, with JLW hitting earlier from the 90 degree bell. Factor in the switches are actually mounted further away from the underside of the pivot on JLW which means less distance to travel.
IMO, they’re fairly similar in many ways, the switch measurements are close enough that you can mount a LS=32 PCB onto a JLW and not need to mod further. A stock JLW never really let me down besides the gate seeming a little defective since I had engagement issues with some switches engaging earlier than others, which is why I did the JL40W v2 mod.
Oh, that reminds me! I should do some soldering soon.