NES Advantage with sticky buttons

[bargora]

I recently acquired a secondhand NES Advantage joystick. I am guessing that somebody was eating Cinnabons or something while playing Mario Bros., as both the A and B buttons tend to stick in the depressed position. Can anybody suggest the best way to unsticky them? I was thinking about just opening it up, removing the buttons and cleaning them as well as their openings, and possibly spraying them with a Teflon grease spray bicycle chain lube I have lying around. Is opening up the stick a Bad Idea (i.e., I'll never get it back together again)? Have any Better ideas?

[autobotracing]

I recently acquired a secondhand NES Advantage joystick. I am guessing that somebody was eating Cinnabons or something while playing Mario Bros., as both the A and B buttons tend to stick in the depressed position. Can anybody suggest the best way to unsticky them? I was thinking about just opening it up, removing the buttons and cleaning them as well as their openings, and possibly spraying them with a Teflon grease spray bicycle chain lube I have lying around. Is opening up the stick a Bad Idea (i.e., I'll never get it back together again)? Have any Better ideas?

they are easy to open and put back together i just took mine apart and cleaned the contacts.you will need a socket set to fully get the board out because there are lock nuts under the turbo nobs after you pull them off.

[bargora]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll get out the screwdrivers and wrenches for Nintendo refurbishment weekend (I'm also refurbishing or replacing the 72-pin connector).

[rbudrick]

I had this same problem a couple months ago. The rubber was rotted out under the buttons...am using the ADvantage for spare parts now.

-Rob

[Raedon]

The advantage is so completely indistructable, except for the rubber.
Luckly you can still find them for 4.00 in used game stores. I only use the stick for shooters so my advantage doesn't get much use.

[bargora]

My NES Advantage is workin' fine now. I opened it up, took out the guts, and cleaned the buttons and case with a soapy toothbrush. The black-brown gummy substance around the edges of the buttons and holes really did somewhat resemble cinnamon roll filling.
Once everything dried I just put it back together, no lubricant needed. The rubber was in good condition, and I didn't want to add anything solvent-like in light of talk about rubber-rot.

Now I can get busy schoolin' fools (like the computer) at Archon and Tiger Heli.

[Schenley]

How the hell do you open this sucker up? Mine has 2 screws on the bottom, and taking them out doesn't loosen anything up. I've tried prying the plastic off the black metal base, but don't want to break anything....

Help...??

[MarioAllStar2600]

I opened a dogbone, and cleaned it. It was fine then.

[Cmosfm]

I opened a dogbone, and cleaned it. It was fine then.

You know if someone who knows nothing about video games stumbled upon this board and read your message....they'd think you were insane

[omnedon]

The Advantage has 6 screws, four underneath the rubber feet. You also need to pull off the Turbo knobs, and take a socket to the nut in there as well.

[Schenley]

The Advantage has 6 screws, four underneath the rubber feet. You also need to pull off the Turbo knobs, and take a socket to the nut in there as well.

Awesome, thanks!!

I love this site!

[alexxx]

Hello all, what is a dogbone? My advantage rocks, I just bought one a couple of months ago and found this site. I emailed Nintendo and they were like lube is not reccomende but the stick creeks and it is annoying. Mabye a drop of wd40, but I do no want it to eat through the plastic. Maybe I will take it apart, I had a turbo grafx arcade stick that was giving me problems, and I opened it up and put the rubber back where it belonged, and it worked great. Thanks in advance.

Alex