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Commodore 1341 Joystick Teardown

Device	Commodore 1341 Joystick
Difficulty	Moderate
Time	No estimate
Steps	3

This guide is by Andy Marsh on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

Let's have a look inside a retro Commodore 64 joystick.

Tools: Phillips #0 Screwdriver

Step 1

• Introduced in 1984, the Commodore 1341 joystick was designed for use with the Commodore range of computers including the Commodore 64, 128, VIC20 and Commodore Plus4.
• This joystick connects to the retro computers using a 9 pin connection.

Step 2

• The joystick is held together by five phillips head screws. One screw is located on the handle and the remaining four are under the base.
• Once the screws have been removed you can pry the case apart using a flat head screw driver. Just be careful with the base as it is spring loaded and it can fly apart quite easily.

Step 3

• You will need to desolder the fire button cables from the board.
• Pry the case open but watch for the spring. There is also a rubber bung that sits beneath the black rocker shaft.
• Desolder the cables from the main joystick board and remove all of the components.
• Now you are ready to clean all of the joystick components and reassemble.

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