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The Sanwa JLF Hollow Joystick Shaft matches the stock 68mm shaft (from base to threading). It is compatible with joysticks from the Sanwa JLF series, including TP-8YT, TP-8YT-SK, TPRG-AYT-SK, and TPRG-8BYT-SK.
The joystick shaft's additional defining characteristic is its 3mm diameter (.11") hollow center. This allows you to thread wiring for single color or 3mm RGB LED projects that take advantage of hollow balltops or battops. The joystick shaft retains the original diameter of the stock model.
The hollow shaft matches the threading found in the stock shaft. This means that nearly all balltop and battop accessories that currently fit the standard JLF series shaft are compatible.
The Hori Hayabusa Joystick has remained popular partly due to its interchangeability with Sanwa JLF compatible components such as springs and actuator. Of them, you can also install this shaft. Our support contact Joey Wainwright shows you how to install the shaft in this article.
KOWAL is the name of a well-respected member on Shoryuken.com forums and elsewhere in the arcade community. He has extensive knowledge of the inner workings of many control devices, and designer of many popular gameplay enhancement products such as the Kowal 1mm Oversize Actuator for Sanwa JLF Series Joystick, KOWAL Hayabusa Octopus Octagonal Restrictor Plate and KOWAL LS.ST Short Throw Mod for Seimitsu LS-55/56/58/60-01 Joystick, plus essentials such as the KOWAL Flat Plate Converter. With his permission, we were able to design a joystick shaft series that precisely measures the specific model and its mounting plate variations, supporting his brand of performance solutions that highlight accuracy and compatibility above all else.
Not much to say for this- it's a hollow joystick that works for wiring an LED through it. It can be a little tough to do if you're using a pre-made joystick shaft LED kit.
I did lose a couple LEDs to operator error when installing them, so I ended up using a Dremel to widen the space a bit. That seemed to help, and once I actually got it installed it behaved exactly as just about any other joystick would.
Aerokii on Sep 11th 2019