'sticky' microswitches not registering inputs

I'm hoping someone with a more intimate knowledge of how joysticks work can help me out with this.

Description: Inside the microswitchs on my Madcatz TE joystick (I think a JLF) there is a metal bit thats run diagonally from approx one corner to the other. When this is pushed by the little red plastic nodule it forms a connection with a smaller metal round convex nodule. Once this connection is made, an input is registered.

My problem is that often once a connection is made it 'sticks', the diagonal piece does not always snap back immediately so when I try to do 66, it will stick after the first 6 and not always register the second 6. How do I remedy this?

I apologise in advance for my less than technical explanation of it all.

 

I don't know, but the tech talk section of SRK is really a great group of guys. They are the white knights of that website and could probably answer your question in a jiffy.

 

I have pretty much the same problem atm with my TE stick (a JLF). The microswitches are the only parts of the JLF that ever wear out, and some of the first TE sticks reaching the end of their life now.

The cheapest way of solving your problem is to order 4 new microswitches if you have some lothering skills. Replacing the hole PCB would be a little bit costlier, but you cant do anything wrong there.
If you´re asking for a way of repairing microswitches though, sadly cant help you there. But I suppose repairing them is the most difficult alternative.