I’d like to maybe switch my standard spring in my ultimate to a heavy spring and I have 2 questions:
Will I be able to remove the C-clip without breaking it? cuz it seemed fragile
Is there somewhere I can buy it for cheap and without having to pay $7 for a $1-shipping?
when i got my c-clip stuck on my competition stick, i just got a sharp knife and popped it off. had to do it twice and havent noticed it be any weaker. you can also check lowes or any hardware store. i do know for sure that lowes has some or at least mine does. for size, im not sure. i bought a 7/32 one time and it wouldnt fit, but it almost was on there, so i would say jump up a few sizes. they are relatively cheap. a pack of 2 or 3 is 1.07 or 1.87 i think.
EDIT: just a quick question, how easy would it be to mod out a pelican real arcade universal stick? just wanted to put a comp stick and buttons in there. plan on modding a couple of those for my friends.
ok so I daisy chain the common plug on the stick and button switches…does the end of it go somewhere on the pcb? Or just out into space?
Sounds like your MAS is using the ‘ultimate’ (? i think thats what they’re called) pushbuttons instead of the competition buttons on the one I saw. If there isn’t enough wire the use whats there already, you may want to consider rewiring the whole thing. Adding small little extensions to each wire would make it rather crappy and likely unreliable. If you’re putting QD’s on the ground wires, then you might as well remove the original grounding wiring and do that part from scratch; I bet the colored wires would work as-is and reach ok.
The common ground that connects all of the buttons and switches leads back to a single, probably black, wire on the pcb.
Sounds like you have right idea
Not to go offtopic but has anyone heard from Nitewalker recently?
He building my box, and last time I heard anything from him was like 4 days ago. I’m hopin sumthing bad didn’t happen to him cuz just after we last talked we had a nast snowstorm up here in NE, and I’m sure he was hit. I’m also hoping he ain’t hosin me over or anything…
thanks for the help, now some more questions from last nights work:
With the quick disconnects - do I fray the wire and run it through the two little hole things? or just keep it running between? And i seem to be having trouble crimping the quick disconnect on so it will stay. do I tie the wire and then crimp?
The wire through the commons ran into the digital/analog button which then ran into the pcb - is this the connection i have to keep?
Can I take out the digital/analog button altogether?
the common plug on the forward kick button had the copper wire same as all the others but it also had a blue wire coming from the common plug and going straight to the pcb to something labelled that started with a g. what is this? do i need it?
What kind of wire should I buy to make the common circuit?
Oh, that’s cool if they have c-clips out there somewhere.
What about the spring? Where can I order it for cheap and pay the real shipping price of it, should be like $1 for shipping of this little spring…
shh…that guy www-kidsplaythings-cc on ebay is selling the spring for 44 cents each! But he also ships them for $4.50!!! Ah man…finally found someone who does sell springs alone but is charging so much on shipping…anything else I can do?
Ok, through research and with the very helpful pictures here http://www.darkravenwind.com/cdvision/madcatz2.htm I have answered all of my questions except:
I believe that the blue wire from question 4 is the ground wire connection to the pcb and not the digital/analogue button.
so really only question 3 needs answering
Is it true that stretching out a spring will make it stronger?
is 22 gauge awm wire the same as awg? radio shack didnt have ANY type awg wire, only awm.
Cool, I found someone selling them for $1 each and only $2.5o for shipping, so that’s $4.50 to upgrade my ultimate to super ultimate! 
sry, can’t wait to get the springs. Does it make a big difference having stronger springs?
Well… sort of. It’s the cheaper alternative to buying a hard spring. Just how you would stretch out the spring in a pen because its so weak and doesn’t push out the ink stick inside type of deal. It’s a temp fix. I use to do that before I bought hard springs for most of my sticks.
Alexlexus: I was just reading through your post about your uni arcade stick mod with the agetec and saw that you added artwork to your. My question is: do you have plexi over it or am I’m seeing something else? Anyway, nice work. 
same thing.
Is there anyplace I can look to see a how to wire buttons/Joysitck to a PS1 Dual Shock? is there one for an X-box pad (offical or otherwise)?
yea… those hacks have been posted up numerous times. SEARCH
Still here. Just got caught up in some junk. Everything’s cool though and all projects are comin along great. We got a shitload of snow here and made trips to home depot a real pain in the ass…
I hope some one can help me. I have a question. I’m gonna build my own ps2 joystick. I have decided to use the perfect 360 joystick. The pad that I have bought is a HIPGEAR pad. I have read that to power up the joystick i need a 5v source of power from the pad. I have checked my pad and it has written on it 8v. If any one knows if its ok to use the 8volts please let me know. If its not ok, could you please fill me in on what i could do. Thanks. Any help will be gratelly appreciated.
Ok, this might be a stupid question, but…
With your sticks, do they move around alot? I have an old namco, and everytime I use it, I get fed up, because in the arcade I can use the stick without it sliding all over the place.
I guess I’ll have to think of something when I make mine, maybe a sit down one?
Any ideas?
Also, IYO, 2 sticks, or one 2 player CP? Or maybe a 2 player CP that would hold twosticks to make it look like a 2 player CP?
EDIT: Is their anyway to find the pics on this thread without look thru ALL of it?