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Drakkenmensch: i have edited your post to eliminate the img tags so that the images will not be displayed directly but will only have links to them. if you read the WZ guidelines, you will find that individual images over 50 KB and series of images that total over 50 KB in one post are not allowed. you had a total of 323 KB in the series with two of the images over 100 KB each.

on the other hand, interesting illustrations of emergency engineering.

however, the MadCatz Dc trigger is a single plastic casting with a separate metal coil spring, so this particular solution of yours does not apply. i may have to abandon the controller because there seems to be insufficient room to provide a ''sister plank'' for attachment and reinforcement of the broken part, a tab which is a motion limiter or trigger stop which also serves to keep the spring from falling out of the trigger when the trigger moves too far. i must think more about it. luckily i recently acquired two original Sega Dc controllers for free. although i'd would still like the use of the MC because of different ergonomics and re-programmable button functions, no matter what button assignments a game tries to force on you.
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