[Kazan]

So in my time away from FS2 some pop got spilled on my nice Saitek joystick, and i need to find a good cleaning solution to take the stickiness off.  water alone isn't doing it.

anyone got suggestions?

[Nuke]

nice saitek joystick = oxymoron

you can try pretty much any electronics cleaner. you might even have to go as far as disassembling it and give it a run over with alcohol and qtips, i had to do that to my mouse a couple days ago and a keyboard last week. ive managed to get the art of cleaning sticky drinks off of input deviced down to a science. if its an x52, most of the electronics are in the throttle so cleaning the gimbals in the stick isnt all that hard to do. all the components have modular connectors for easy disassembly.

[Kazan]

its the x45.. the joystick is wired in such a fashion that i cannot get completely to every spot.

[Nuke]

that one is kind of a beast. only time i remember opening mine was when a spring in the gimbals broke, which i replaced with rubberbands. i really didnt bother taking it completely apart. id go with alcohol since it will evaporate on its own.

[BloodEagle]

@ thread title: Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Say no more!

[Klaustrophobia]

why does saitek get so much hate?  i love my x45, and my cyborg gold before that.  while they don't get very heavy use, both still work perfectly 10 years later.

[Nuke]

most of the hate comes from ch and cougar owners

ive owned several saitek sticks, but ive only owned one set of ch gear. nuff said.

[Mongoose]

The thing is, though, not all of us are willing to pay $200 for a game controller.

[Nuke]

well whats better paying $200 once or paying $150 3 times

now that i think about it ive spent more on joysticks than any of you

[Mongoose]

Nope.  My original MS Sidewinder 3D Pro from well over a decade ago still works just fine, and my Saitek Cyborg Evo from far more recently is doing quite well itself.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Nope.  My original MS Sidewinder 3D Pro from well over a decade ago still works just fine,

Then you didn't play near enough FS2 multi. I broke 3 of those before PXO went down.  Only thing I wish MS would ever make.

[Mongoose]

I played a decent amount of Descent multiplayer on it.  I just don't go all ham-handed with it.

[Nuke]

i did get several years out of my old ms sidewinder force feedback. those ms sticks were the only thing that microsoft put out that didnt totally suck balls.

[lostllama]

Nope.  My original MS Sidewinder 3D Pro from well over a decade ago still works just fine

Ditto. Well, mine mostly still works fine.

[Nuke]

i used to make a joke that they should stop making software, stick to making input devices, and rename the company microhard. at least till i bough one of their optical mice and was completely dissatisfied with it

[Flaser]

Cougars are nice, but their off-the-shelf electronics are outrageous. They live and die by the extensive (and darn expensive) MOD-ing community.

[Bob-san]

Use 70% isopropanal and a few paper towels. The alcohol is a strong solvent and will evaporate rapidly. So long as you wipe it off, it should be great for a hand-surface-cleaner, as the alcohol itself doesn't leave residue.