Hori Fighting Stick 3. Button replacement help.

Hello guys,
I was wondering if any of you guys have any info on this. I have had a Hori stick come into my possession a very battered one. Two of the buttons are totally busted (when you push down they sometimes do not register) and all the rest very mushy. My question is, is it possible to replace the buttons with another high quality type of button or has it just had it's day? The size of the buttons including the surround is 30mm. All I would want to do really is just unsolder these crappy ones and solder some nice new ones back in. I have also heard that this stick is not great. Anyway, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

regards,
Wonky.

 

You've effectively answered your own question On the Hori Pro models, you just depress the two clips, then pop the new ones back in. Your cheaper model has them soldered right onto the PCB, as I understand it. You may also need the shorter profile Sanwa buttons. I would take a look through shoryuken.com for their extensive stick tech threads, and where to order the relevant parts.

 

Putting in Sanwa OBSF-30 is pretty common with this one (and the Fighting Stick EX2). JangoFatt of Pineconeattack has some excellent tutorials regarding your mod (with lots of pictures!).

Here's a good link: http://pineconeattack.com/2009/03/0...stick-with-actual-sanwa-joystick-and-buttons/

 

Thank you very much for the replys guys.