Modifying Sidewinder Precision 2

[Ecliptik]

Over time, my Sidewinder has developed quite a lot of play in the stick at the rest position - too much for my liking.  Does anyone know if it's possible to tighten it up by disassembling the stick?  I decided I'd better pop in and ask before ripping off the rubber footpads to remove the hidden screws and take off the baseplate.

[Ghosth]

Not much help here, I have 2 of em.
The one I use most is starting to develop some.  I just increased my deadband in AH to compensate.

If its anything like the old sidewinder 3d pro inside, I don't think it will be easy to fix. But I havn't been in mine to find out for sure.

Let me know what you find ok?

[Ecliptik]

Took it apart today.  The assembly inside is very simple, but the free play at the center isn't easy to fix.  It's basically due to poor design and/or cheap manufacturing, but it's a cheap stick, so I can't complain considering I intend to replace it before too much longer.  It's loose because there is a tiny amount of space in between the bottom of the stick and the hemispherical things it contacts to move the potentiometers, when the stick is in the rest position.  I glued in some paper strips try to fill it in, which helped marginally, but in the end it's just a relatively cheap stick and there isn't much you can do.  (It's the best of the "cheap" sticks though, IMHO)

I'll probably drop the cash for a the CH set soon, or maybe I'll get the X52 if that turns out to fix some of the downsides of the X45.

[Ghosth]

My wife brought home some big rubber bands from work. Maybe 6 " long unstretched. 3/16's wide.

Just ran one of those over the handle, down the back, up & over the other side.

Adjusted it so it sat centered.

Much of the center slop is gone.

It also adds just a little resistance when moving the stick.

You may want to give something like that a try.