I recently bought a Akuma Copper clone mod that had a terrible switch. I loved everything about this mod but the switch. It would even misfire if your finger landed near the edges of the switch. So anyway I decided to take it apart. I thought this model was supposed to come with magnets in the switch but it seems this one I got did not come with them that that is something I plan to add as soon as I can find a place to buy them.
So when I took it apart other then it had no magnets like I hoped it would, I decided to try to polish the switch shaft and the hole it rides in. I first started with 320 grit metal polishing type sand paper the black color stuff u can use wet or dry. So after giving both the hole and the shaft a good polish I moved up to 400 grit.
Oh btw it makes it easy to polish the hole if you take a small piece of the sand paper and wrap it very tight on a philips screwdriver a little smaller than the hole. once I had my screwdriver wrapped up nice and tight slipped the switch body on to the screwdriver. I spun the switch body till the inside was nice and shiney. since this is copper it works really good copper is soft and polishes easy not like stainless with is very hard. Well I just repeated the process going up in steps 320 to 400, 400 to 600 and then ended with 800 grit.
Now I did not get this to a mirror polish that was not needed just a good clean up about 5 to 7 min on each piece for each grit so it took a bit of time but I just did it watching TV it not like u have concentrate really hard on it while doing it.
Next I gave it good bath, flushing it off with the faucet to wash out any grit or dust left behind from the polishing process then dried it off really good and blowing on it to get ony water I could off
Ok when I got done with the bath before I put it all back together I took a #2 pencil that was nice and rounded not a sharp one but a nice dull tip on the pencil and rub the pencil up and down on the shaft part of the switch the same direction as the switch moves. Once I got a nice grey color on the shaft part from the pencil. I reassembled the switch.
And there u have it, the crunch switch was smooth as butter and no more misfires!
when I first got this clone I was really annoyed with the switch, it had a terrible feel and worst yet misfired. Now after this little tweak it works like a dream. I will repeat the pencil part a few times over the next few days just disassemble the switch take the plunger part that goes thru the hole out and get the shaft nice and grey from the pencil and put it back together.
Now you don't have to use a pencil if you have the real stuff graphite that is what pencils are made from its not lead like everyone thinks, I just used the pencil because I did not have any graphite.
Well I hope this helps this little trick helps! it might work on other models too any bottom push button switch that is similar in design .
Say goodbye to that crunchy switch Boo YAA
So when I took it apart other then it had no magnets like I hoped it would, I decided to try to polish the switch shaft and the hole it rides in. I first started with 320 grit metal polishing type sand paper the black color stuff u can use wet or dry. So after giving both the hole and the shaft a good polish I moved up to 400 grit.
Oh btw it makes it easy to polish the hole if you take a small piece of the sand paper and wrap it very tight on a philips screwdriver a little smaller than the hole. once I had my screwdriver wrapped up nice and tight slipped the switch body on to the screwdriver. I spun the switch body till the inside was nice and shiney. since this is copper it works really good copper is soft and polishes easy not like stainless with is very hard. Well I just repeated the process going up in steps 320 to 400, 400 to 600 and then ended with 800 grit.
Now I did not get this to a mirror polish that was not needed just a good clean up about 5 to 7 min on each piece for each grit so it took a bit of time but I just did it watching TV it not like u have concentrate really hard on it while doing it.
Next I gave it good bath, flushing it off with the faucet to wash out any grit or dust left behind from the polishing process then dried it off really good and blowing on it to get ony water I could off
Ok when I got done with the bath before I put it all back together I took a #2 pencil that was nice and rounded not a sharp one but a nice dull tip on the pencil and rub the pencil up and down on the shaft part of the switch the same direction as the switch moves. Once I got a nice grey color on the shaft part from the pencil. I reassembled the switch.
And there u have it, the crunch switch was smooth as butter and no more misfires!
when I first got this clone I was really annoyed with the switch, it had a terrible feel and worst yet misfired. Now after this little tweak it works like a dream. I will repeat the pencil part a few times over the next few days just disassemble the switch take the plunger part that goes thru the hole out and get the shaft nice and grey from the pencil and put it back together.Now you don't have to use a pencil if you have the real stuff graphite that is what pencils are made from its not lead like everyone thinks, I just used the pencil because I did not have any graphite.
Well I hope this helps this little trick helps! it might work on other models too any bottom push button switch that is similar in design .
Say goodbye to that crunchy switch Boo YAA
