Solved Which Gamecube joystick should I buy?

[Dynamic_Hayden]

So as part of building an Ashida I need some GC joysticks. The BOM doesn't give a link to any but does recommend to harvest some from a GC controller but that has proved to be a colossal pain in the ass to try and remove them without wrecking them. So I have decided to go down the lazy path and just buy some off the internet. I have found these with a quick google search ---> Amazon productWill this work or should I buy a different one?

 

[Wesk]

Harvest OEM ones from Wii Classic Controllers.

 

[Stitches]

Nunchucks are half decent for harvesting sticks from too if you can get a few of them

 

[honigbrai]

Madcatz GC controler

 

[TwoLace]

Just curious what kind of issues you were having in removing OEMs from OEM controllers? I was able to reliably get them off with a hot air station and making sure the heat was on an angle so that it didn't transfer through and melt any plastic on the joysticks.

 

[jefflongo]

If it's the plastic stickbox (newer) then you can remove the stickbox without any soldering, and remove the potentiometers separately.

 

[Dynamic_Hayden]

Just curious what kind of issues you were having in removing OEMs from OEM controllers? I was able to reliably get them off with a hot air station and making sure the heat was on an angle so that it didn't transfer through and melt any plastic on the joysticks.

Well I forgot the plastic does this magical thing known as melting under heat so I kinda melted the joysticks in the process of removing them lol.