Neo Geo CD Controller Gate

Hey there! So I recently receive a pretty busted up NGCD and a couple of games. I also received two NGCD controllers, both of which had directional input issues. I learned online that you can take the pads out of working switches and pop them into broken ones. I ordered a second controller from eBay and conveniently missed that it was untested and also had one busted switch. Nevertheless I had enough to get two working controllers, but gutting old ones really bothers me, at some point in the future there wont be any left right? Well I started reading up about them and learned that whatever switches they use have stopped being made or were never available for the public. During my repairs I noticed that its the tension from the spring that actually presses the button. So I looked up the nearest microswitch I could find, the RACON8, I bought a few on the off chance they'd just work but nope. The RACON8 switch actually fits perfectly where the old NGCD switches fit, which is great, bu