SF IV Tourny Stick "clicking" issue, HORI 360 joysticks too *Arcade expert needed*

[Poofta!]

i bought the SFIV tourney stick when it first came out (the 150$ one) since i wanted a stick for the 360 and since its USB i could use it for my HTPC on emulators and mame etc, this looked like a great stick so i bit.

problem: when you move the joystick dpad, with each direction hit, there is an annoying 'click' you hear and feel. the older HORI 360 sticks had this too and its the main reason i didnt buy them, i find it incredibly annoying.

question: anyone was able to do something to get rid of the stupid clicking, anyone maybe know a website with tutorial or perhaps can i just replace the stick itself? any help would be great.


why the hell is the clicking even there!

[Vlcice]

I'd assume it's because the joystick is microswitched. The clicking you're hearing is the switches being pressed by the stick. I don't know too much about the noise level of the Sanwa stick they use in the SF4 tourney stick, but the Seimitsu LS-32 in my custom certainly clicks a decent bit - it's normal for that kind of hardware.

[Poofta!]

i dont ever remember arcade sticks on machines to have this noise... is there no way to get rid of this mechanically? are there quiet sticks?

[Cryomancer]

Clicks mean it's good!

[G-Boobie]

i dont ever remember arcade sticks on machines to have this noise... is there no way to get rid of this mechanically? are there quiet sticks?

The stick in yer TE is a pretty nice Sanwa, JLF-TP-8YT-SK-W if I remember correctly. The clicking is indeed a positive sign: that's a high quality stick.

I don't think you can get a happ/american style stick in there without some serious modding work, but if you're set on having a quiet stick, the best one on the market is the Happ Perfect 360. It doesn't rely on microswitches. Instead, it relies on photo electronic switches.

Finding a decent tutorial for wiring the stick is difficult. I'd google that bad boy if you decide to make it happen. Here's a write up of wiring the P360 to an older controller. Might give you a basic idea.

[MarkMan]

Yea the only quiet sticks without microswitch clicks are Happ's P360 and the Sanwa JLF Flash.

Unfortunately the JLF Flash (and it's clones) are hard to comeby nowadays.

[otaku]

click is normal and personally I love clicky sticks