Hardware & Technical x52 lubrication.

[CMDR Flaxton]

Mine used to squeak and creak like crazy and it drove me mad. I tried over a dozen different things until someone told me the solution.

Buy a chap stick, for putting on your lips when it's cold out, rub that on and bingo.. No squeak or creak and as much as I thought it was a joke at first, I did try it and wow.. It worked instantly.

After several weeks of my X52 slowly getting more and more squeaky on the joystick movement, I finally started to look for solutions.

I tried out the "chapstick" solution and placed a small amount around the metal shaft under the collar and spring. The stick was instantly quiet and became so smooth that I was genuinely surprised.

Thanks to S.H.A.D.O & Steve50 for suggesting this, it worked a treat with no more squeaks !!!

CMDR Flaxton

 

[CMDR Nick]

WD40 is electrically conductive

er, that's why it is used to clean electric parts..er..are you sure about that..?

WD40 is fine with joysticks etc. Works great.

(but I read somewhere that WD40 kills all wildlife, rots your teeth and is highly radioactive - oh, it also gives you bad breath and ruins long term relationships.)

pps The WD40 company is also owned by members of the illuminati.

 

[tcvcorp]

good information thx

 

[JohnCarter]

Just to bump this thread for the sticky/noisy X52 non pro joy stick (I tried the chap stick fix and it worked perfectly, also saw this on another flight sim thread, it last a long time with no plastic deterioration or harm, stick working for 8 years now) Just a light application with a cotton swab on the metal shaft where the plastic disk moves up and down. Amazing !!

 

[Vyzeerg]

Bump because no squeaky sound while playing with my joystick makes my ears wet. Wait, what...