File under aquired wisdom. Reassemble Warthog stick correctly to not introduce slack

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The four screws holding the four poles (see picture) from below must be tightened to eliminate any wiggle of the poles before anything else is reassembled.

 

(reusing old image, the washers in the pic are unrelated)

 

 

To get at the four screws from below the base plate must be removed. This gets access to three of the four screws. Remove the two small screws holding the circuit board and gently push it aside to get at the fourth.

 

One can not get any good grip on the poles to tighten them well, nor does one need to. Just screw them enough so there no is wiggling of the poles.

 

Put the top part together. Tighten both screws of each pole at the same time with two screw drivers. If tightened from only one end the other end (especially bottom) may rotate. Reassembling the whole thing without eliminating the wiggle first will not work. Also, if tightening them first before assembling the top, you'll know the resistance you'll get is real and there's less risk of threading.

 

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Figured this out yesterday. I had a small wiggle, reassembled and now have zero wiggle. I can now not move the joystick ever so slightly without also seeing the virtual stick move. Solved this problem for me. I didn't understand how I could have wiggle given how the joystick is designed. No matter mechanical wiggle the sensors always see movement (unless the poles can move). I had reassembled it incorrectly when I had this wiggle and I believe the poles were moving a little.

Edited May 14, 2019 by -0303-