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Place the HOTAS stick in front of you as shown in figure-2 with the joystick on the right. This isn’t an easy job and the grease will go everywhere, so have something useful to help push the grease into the spaces and to clean your hands and surfaces.

Push a suitable lithium lubricant deep into the ball joint, moving the joint in order to distribute it.

Gently release the rubber grommet underneath and pull back away from the ball joint, also held by friction.

Gently prise off the metal ring, held by friction.

Undo the 8 screws around the ring at the base of the stick, saving all the screws to a container.

I don’t have photographs for this part, but the reference video I used is at the end of this article and will show you what needs to be done if my description isn’t clear. There are two arranged vertically on the top part of the handle and two arranged horizontally beneath the handle.įigure 1 – A photo of the right-hand joystick handle. Refer to this photograph to locate all 4 screws you will remove.

If you don’t use a container for the screws you’ll regret it.

A table at convenient height with good lighting and space.

Fresh Blu Tack to help the reassembly process.

If you are eliminating creaking noises you will need some lithium grease or similar lubricant that won’t degrade nylon or plastic.

A small and medium cross-head screwdriver.

In order to succeed you need to be patient!

On the other hand it now works better than new and doesn’t make the creaking sound that was driving me nuts! It’s likely that when I opened the stick the first time it caused the second problem to happen. I managed to fix it by opening the stick and re-seating a component at the top of the stick which is fairly easy job to to do when you know how. Something seems to have become dislodged.

It took several attempts to learn how to reassemble the parts correctly.Īfter a couple of months of lovely creak-free operation something seemed wrong and I used the Windows built-in calibration tool to verify it.

The first time was to lubricate the ball joint under the right hand stick so that it wouldn’t make distracting creaking sounds. I’ve had to open up and re-assemble my HOTAS a few times now. 3.2 Position the Right-Hand Handle Shell.