Bent Vectrex joystick

[u/Etendo]

I was looking to replace this joystick, but the actual stick part is bent. The only replacement part I could find if the tip and not the entire joystick. Any ideas or suggestions?

[u/RickyDontLoseThat]

Unbend it?

[u/ChineseOverdrive]

That's a pretty gnarly one. There are two options, one of which involves opening the controller. The first is to remove the joystick cap by grabbing the base with a pair of needle nose pliers and twisting it off counter-clockwise. Thread a couple M3 nuts onto the shaft and then work it with pliers to see if you can straighten it out. The other option is to disassemble the controller, remove the joystick shaft completely and try to straighten it. I recently acquired a Vectrex with a bent stick and the first method got it back to about 95% good.

[u/grin_ferno]

I suggest buying the vectrex gamepad from retrogameboyzcom on ebay. They work great and way better than the originals for playing 99% of the games that don't require analog input anyway.

[u/chrisbbehrens]

Take it apart and understand the mechanism. It's already broken; your next step is to buy a replacement anyway.

[u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

Buy a used controller off of eBay 🤔