EyebrowZing

So I've been looking high and low for a solution to this issue with my X52 Pro. My Y and X axis are no longer functioning like an axis, but a switch. Any movement of the stick (in both FSX and DCS:A-10) results in instant and full deflection of the flight controls on that axis. This is backed up by the data values that I get when calibrating the stick in FSUIPC, going immedeatly from 0 to +/- 16384, full value. Sure, sounds broken. But what is strange about this is that in the device properties page accessed from the control panel, the X/Y axis show normal linear deflection through the entire range of motion on both the testing and deadzone settings tabs, and this has me immensely puzzled. So I've done everything I can think of and everything that I can find sugested short of opening this thing up and shaking it's parts out. While I can't seem to find someone who has had this exact problem, I have tried every troubleshooting practice I could find relating to the X52. Software uninstall and reinstall, plugging it into numerous USB ports, removing drivers, updating drivers, deleting windows calibrations from the registry, CFG fixes, all with no change. So, is this fixable, or are the innards of my stick falling apart on me after a few months of casual flying?