Sazae
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I am curious if you can add an extra spring into an LS-32 to tighten that up. My LS-32 is pretty worn out after a couple years of heavy play and I would like to add another spring to it to make it a little stiffer than it was when I first bought it.
Why not just replace it with a new LS-32 spring?
Sazae
132
I have an extra LS-33 spring laying around, plus I very much enjoy American sticks with a lot of resistance so I’d like to see how hard I can make the LS-32.
no japanese spring will help…
even the LS-56 (the stiffest of all) cannot come close to happ/iL… and it’s WAY stiffer than an LS-32/33 or JLF spring (even 2 of any of them together)…
I need to try 2 LS-56 and see how I like it… but they won’t fit on a jlf unless you cut it…
Sazae
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I know it will not become as hard as a Happ stick. What I want to see is just how stiff it can be without fucking my LS-32.
did anybody try buy spring from home depot instead of ls-33?
the L-52 is a stiffer spring then the L-33 but u can also buy them at home depot
Just did the spring mod on my TE now my stick is stiff and awesome!! no pun intended
Digital
139
This mod sucks, I tried it and I just ended up using a stock JLF spring. You will never be able to get it as stiff as a Happ/IL stick.
I gotta agree with Manman about the stick sticking and just feeling shitty with the Seimitsu springs in it.
Mofus
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I’ve tried variations of this mod a few times. like many people have said, its a process of trial and error to find what you feel is best.
Currently on my HRAP2SA, i have added 2 thin layers of heat shrink wrap to the throw of the acuator and have decided to leave the the spring and engage stock. Now i just have a shorter throw which I personally like this the best as i can play fighting games and shmups with the same stick without much difficulty. I measured the diameter with a digital caliper and it reads at about 12.54mm.
I think its worth playing around with but tastes may vary from game to game. If you can’t end having multiple sticks for different games trying to find a nice middle ground has seemed to work for me.
trial and error… if you don’t put the spring in right it’ll feel like poop… if you get it in there right it feels great…
manman
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well for the record I never said the spring feels shitty, it was the other parts of the mod that I didn’t like. I think it’s really just preference over everything else. I did a TON of trial and error and varriations on the mod but just liked the stock feel more. that was mostly for the throw/engage stuff though. the spring mod is simple, and for quite a while I liked (or thought I liked) it more. then I got a new stick for a project I wanted to do, and playing with them side by side I ended up liking the looser feel more. nothing to do with the mod being bad or difficult, just my pref. on the feel of it.
that’s why I quoted digital… :lol:
I only like the spring part of the mod… I’ve played both ways and dashes just come out better for me with a bit more tension…
I just don’t think people should say the spring part it crappy… it’s all a matter of preference… and to say it’s always clunky is incorrect… if you don’t get the springs right it will be, but if you fiddle with it a bit more and get it right it feels like stock, just a bit stiffer… <no homo>
souji5
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For me it just depends on what I’m playing. For shumps and the classic SF2’s the dual spring has a nice stiff feel and is bit more accurate . For all the rest a nice LS-32 spring on a battop goes over real well, gives you and added bit of tension and works well with my charge characters.
While I’m building myself a new stick, I’m using an old shitty EX2. I’m gonna give some of this stuff a shot on that to see if I can improve that stick.
i liked it but i stopped using it due to it being hard for me to switch between controllers. its a cool way to get the maximum amount of speed out of your controller though.
did anyone ever add a hori spring to the jlf spring?
Thanks for the mod tips. This is a must do mod for anyone who’s running the GTC round gate replacement from lizard lick. When I first got my JLF up and running with the round gate, it had dead spots and what seemed to be seriously delayed responses. I switched back to the square gate, but fuck those corners. Instead of a post-it, I used a piece of cardboard from a cigarette pack cut down to size for the switches and just one layer of electrical tape all around the actuator. It doesn’t feel quite as right as the Happ controls I’m used to, but it’s close enough. For the spring, I used the LS-55 + the stock JLF spring. Response is almost right on the money and the resistance feels like an old school Happ competition that’s had a few years of use in an arcade under its belt.
