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by **david_j_wil..** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I picked up a LWFF last week. This is my first experience with a force
feedback device, so I don't know if the noises it makes are simply to
be expected. Even when driving in a non-ff sim, like CART Racing (the
reissue of ICR2), it makes a considerable amount of "creaking" noises.
Do they all do that? Will it get quieter with some wear? Should I
attempt to open it up and lubricate anything?

Dave Wilson

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by **don hodgdo** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Take it back. I've used my LWFF daily for over a year with nary a squeek or
rattle.

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don

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by J » Fri, 17 Dec 1999 04:00:00

The logi makes some noises.
1. screetching from the plastic bearings - can be cured by ball bearing
conversion.
2. scratching noises, which come from the motors carbon-brushes. Can only be
cured by changing the motor (have a look at Mauritz's ball bearing conversion
page)

Jens

>I picked up a LWFF last week. This is my first experience with a force
>feedback device, so I don't know if the noises it makes are simply to
>be expected. Even when driving in a non-ff sim, like CART Racing (the
>reissue of ICR2), it makes a considerable amount of "creaking" noises.
>Do they all do that? Will it get quieter with some wear? Should I
>attempt to open it up and lubricate anything?

>Dave Wilson

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by **david_j_wil..** » Fri, 17 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Thankyou -- I'm studying that material now. Can you, or anyone else
who's performed this conversion, tell me if they had the machining done
as shown in his drawings? Or is there a way to put in the bearings
that I could do myself? (I'm reasonable with tools, but real machining
is beyond me.)

Dave Wilson

> The logi makes some noises.
> 1. screetching from the plastic bearings - can be cured by ball
bearing
> conversion.
> 2. scratching noises, which come from the motors carbon-brushes. Can
only be
> cured by changing the motor (have a look at Mauritz's ball bearing
conversion
> page)

> Jens

> >I picked up a LWFF last week. This is my first experience with a
force
> >feedback device, so I don't know if the noises it makes are simply to
> >be expected. Even when driving in a non-ff sim, like CART Racing
(the
> >reissue of ICR2), it makes a considerable amount of "creaking"
noises.
> >Do they all do that? Will it get quieter with some wear? Should I
> >attempt to open it up and lubricate anything?

> >Dave Wilson

> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.

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by **Alan** » Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Hmmm, I just bought a LWFF and found it very noisy as well. For $160 it
shouldn't have this problem. So it's either live with it, or destroy your
warranty by taking the thing apart?

For myself this is an indication of a product of poor quality , and of a
company that doesn't care enough to fix it. A bad sign.

Gonna pack it up and return it.

Alan

by J » Sun, 19 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I did the conversion with some minor changes to Mauritz's page, unluckily not
documented.

Even if you can buy kit in future, there are some changes to be made inside the
wheel, which require a lathe. I haven't checked, whether the design could be
changed to a lathe free installation, considered a kit is available.

Jens

>Thankyou -- I'm studying that material now. Can you, or anyone else
>who's performed this conversion, tell me if they had the machining done
>as shown in his drawings? Or is there a way to put in the bearings
>that I could do myself? (I'm reasonable with tools, but real machining
>is beyond me.)

>Dave Wilson

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