Hey all,
I've hunted around quite a bit and have not been able to find a good source for gamecube potentiometers. Does anyone have one? I found THESE GUYS (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-GameCube-Joystick-Potentiometer-10K-Thumb-Game-Repair-Replacement-/121656555784?hash=item1c534bb908) on eBay and bought one from them, but their listing is wrong. At the time it had a different picture (which they changed after I got a refund). ...but that potentiometer is too large/wide and the joystick stem is not the right size/shape.
HERE (https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/32jifc/has_anyone_tried_replacing_the_entire_stick/) is one of the recent discussions on this I can find and it looks like they're just moving the potentiometers from the c-stick over to the joystick or harvesting from a dead controller's c-stick. I have a wavebird without a receiver that I could gut for this but I really don't want to ruin a perfectly good controller just to fix another controller...
From the same vendor, you need the Wii sticks, not GC sticks which are larger (16.7 x 16.7 x 18.2mm vs 20.3 x 19.8 x 19.4mm)
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Nintendo-Wii-Joystick-Potentiometer-10K-Thumb-Game-Repair-Replacement/291470358607
I've ordered a few from him, will report back once I get them.
Out of the 10, one was a dud (one of the axis potentiometer read OL ohm all the time), seller refunded me that stick no problem.
I measured the resistance for variations and most were 2-4% off between each axis which is within tolerance (+/- 20%, so 8-12k for a 10k pot).
I suppose calibration should take care of that.
Assembled 4 boards, 2 tested fine, waiting for next batch of GC style stick so I can rip out the housing, should be at the PO tomorrow :)