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The Extended Seimitsu LS 5x/6x Hollow Joystick Shaft matches the stock LS-5x and 6x shaft. It is compatible with joysticks from the Seimitsu LS-5x and 6x series, including LS-56, LS-58, LS-60 and LS-62.
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 original Seimitsu LS-5x or 6x shaft e-clip is incompatible, due to the e-clip area diameter needed for the hollow shaft. Each LS-5x/6x hollow shaft will include an e-clip that will fit this 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 LS series shaft are compatible.
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.
As much as I enjoyed using the LS-62 the first few months of usage, there comes a time where the short shaft length ends up becoming a hindrance. By switching to a standard sized shaft using it become more tolerable.
As an added bonus, using the JLF dustcovers (the ones where no shaft cover is needed) fits on the new shaft. Ross Buniao on Jul 26th 2017