The how to mod your SFIV SE Fightstick FAQ

Tech Talk
902

Anyone know what tool i need to remove the screws from the te fightstick? thanks

903

Seimetsu LS-32-01 joystick
Seimetsu PS-14-K snapin buttons

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww106/Vtek84/blinds3001.jpg?t=1239907270

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww106/Vtek84/blinds3002.jpg?t=1239907387

and the insideā€¦

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww106/Vtek84/DSC_1001.jpg?t=1239907451

Sanwa JLF-TP-8Y-SK
Sanwa OBSF-30 snapin buttons
Thinking about replacing the template, but not sure what to replace it with yetā€¦

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww106/Vtek84/DSC_1017.jpg?t=1239907671

and the insideā€¦

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww106/Vtek84/DSC_1005.jpg?t=1239907710

and this is what I was talking about, the SE mounting plate screwā€™s no good for the JLF so I used the lightswitch screws lol

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww106/Vtek84/DSC_1006.jpg?t=1239907787

904

Vtec whayt type of mounting plate are you using on the ls 32 01 I ordered one with an s plate. Will that work?

905

Yea the S plate works, Go back a page and read The Burnin8orā€™s walkthrough.

906

When installing the Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT-SK, should I glue down the washer to be safe or do I not have to do this?

907

You donā€™t have to, glueing it down might give you problems later on if you ever decide to mod it again.

908

Iā€™m new to this and have a couple questions, I appreciate the answers too.

  1. Are swapping out the Madcatz parts for the Seimitsu parts(stick and buttons) the same as swapping out for Sanwa?

  2. Do PS-14-KNā€™s fit on the Madcatz Fight Stick?

  3. How do you get images in your PS-14-KN buttons?

  4. Is there a tutorial on how to remove the ball top and replace it with another top?

909

Hey I just recently modded my stick and all of a sudden im starting to get random start screens when im hitting my buttons or moving my stick. Does anyone have suggestions to this problem, or did I ruin my stick :sad:

910

Is modding this stick really that easy?? What kind of damage can I do to my stick if I mess this up? Any help would be appreciated.

911

Haha the only damage I inflicted is the damage to the pins on the stock buttons when removing the QDā€™s from them. Gosh I swear I must have snapped at least 4 or 5 pins when trying to remove the QDā€™s.

912

Bump to get some questions answeredā€¦ Hopefullyā€¦

913

@TDM
Above all else, use the search function and actually read the threads. Even Googling should get you answers.

  1. I donā€™t know if the mounting plate is the same but you should be able to get a Seimitsu in without a major problem
  2. Yes. 30mms
  3. Disassemble the button. Thereā€™s a link in a thread; might even be this one.
  4. Flathead screw on the bottoms of the stick, twist balltop CCW.

I probably shouldnā€™t even have given answers given that a basic search should give you answers but there you go.

On topic, when youā€™re modding your SE stick, be careful with the QDs and the actual stick removal from the mounting plate. With the QDs, I used a small flathead to gently push the QDs off the buttons. And when removing your stick from the plate make sure you use a screwdriver that fits it perfectly and keep pressure on the screws so they donā€™t strip. Those damn things are soft as butter. If I had them around my house Iā€™d replace them with decent ones but I was careful enough to not cause any major damage to them.

914

^Thanks for the answers! Greatly appreciated.

915

Real big noob to modding sticks (and this forum, obviously)

I just got my JLF-TP-8YT and 8 buttons today. I got the buttons installed okay, however the stickā€¦

Itā€™s most likely extremely simple, but I CANā€™T FOR THE LIFE OF ME figure out how to mount the plate (the one that came with the JLF) to the stick. Incredibly stupid, I know.

The screws simply donā€™t seem to catch any threads, seem too smallā€¦Maybe iā€™m doing something wrong? Also has 4 nuts with the screws. I tried taking off the stock mounting plate from the SE, but as many of you knowā€¦the screw and stripping are a huge problemā€¦got 3 screws off, and one is stripped to oblivion.

Anyone enlighten me on this matter?

916

This happened to me, I got 3 of them but stripped one. My solution? I took my extra soldering iron and melted the plastic (cut it out essentially) Then took two pairs of pliers and removed the screw/nut.

you need to take the nuts from the stock one (mentioned a page ago I believe) and put them in the same spots so the threads have something to catch.

I only used the 3 I could salvage and it works just fine.

917

So any 30mm buttons would fit into the stick perfectly?

918

ah, I donā€™t have a soldering iron to do any MacGyverish things. Only thing I can think of is going out and getting some super glue to glue the screwdriver to the stripped screw and seeing if that will work.

But really, I donā€™t understand why the mounting plate (THAT the JLF CAME WITH!) has no way to screw in. Do I have to remove the PCB in order to do that or what? Really odd design to me.

919

Happ/IL buttons wonā€™t, only Japanese buttons will.

920

Erā€¦ I have a JLF, and I just put the screws in the holes and screwed them in. Are you seriously having problems with this? O_o

921

Then they must have gave me the wrong screws if it is supposed to be that easy, ahhhh well.