![]() They can even be customized some by bending the prongs apart or pushing them back together. There is also no clicking, the buttons are silent and because of the springy nature the bottom out softly. With leaf based switches, there isn't a microswitch that has a reset point, it's a direct contact. Here is an example from my Super Dodgeball arcade. Installing a Sanwa JLF stick in a Street Fighter II Arcade1Up cabinetĪrcades in the 80s into the early 90's had Wico Leaf based switches for the buttons and joysticks.Installing Suzo Happ or IL buttons in any Arcade1Up cabinet.Please leave a comment and let everyone know how this mod worked out for you!įor more upgrades, check out my other guides: That's it! Your stick is now ready to be tested and enjoyed. Check the direction labels on the wires coming from the harness and then plug the two connectors into the appropriate jacks on the encoder board. Connect the wiring harness to the Sanwa stick with black ground wire facing left.Sanwa JLF stick with wires connected to Arcade1Up encoder board Install the gate back over the microswitch array board. Slide the microswitch array board back on the stick with the 5 pins for the wiring harness facing up. Sanwa JLF stick partially mounted with microswitch array, no gate It's important to do this before reattaching the microswitch controller array, which would block one of the screw holes. Use a Phillips screwdriver to mount the Sanwa stick with installed stock Arcade1Up mounting plate in the control panel.Sanwa JLF stick partially mounted without microswitch array and gate Installing the Sanwa Stick in the Control Panel Slide the microswitch array board (on the right of the above photo) off of the stick.Sanwa JLF stick with microswitch array removed Use a Phillips screwdriver to install the joystick onto the stock Arcade1Up mounting plate in the exact orientation shown above, with the mounting plate oriented vertically instead of horizontally.Sanwa JLF Stick with stock Arcade1Up mounting plate installed Don't put the restrictor gate back on yet! If the rotary piece with the pins falls out, just put it back into the correct position. To do this, pull on the pins and rotate the central piece that holds them counterclockwise until they snap into the 4-way position (see photo above). Since the 3rd-gen Pac-Man cabinets only use 4-directional inputs, we need to change the Sanwa restrictor gate from 8-way to 4-way.Plastic tabs on Sanwa restrictor gate (mid-counterclockwise rotation) We'll reinstall the gate near the end of this mod. You have to pinch two of the tabs at a time to get them off - it's a bit tricky but doable. Remove the plastic restrictor gate from the Sanwa stick.Sanwa JLF stick with restrictor gate removed You can save the Sanwa mounting plate, but you won't need it for this mod. ![]()
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