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T2 wheel - made in ???

Karim Khal

T2 wheel - made in ???

by Karim Khal » Mon, 28 Oct 1996 03:00:00

I bought a T2 wheel a few days ago. I was a bit surprised to find out
that it had a 'Made in China' logo, while the FCS, WCS2 and RCS I
bought last year had 'Made in USA'. I didn't think ThrustMaster was a
big multinational company with production facilities in the Far East.
Yesterday I opened the T2 in order to solder some wires between the
gear change lever and 2 buttons that I have put on the wheel itself.
Well, I am not that good with a soldering iron, but I guess even I
could have done a better job doing the wiring on that lever.
The wires do not follow the contacts and are soldered sideways. An
extra 1/2 centimeter of wire on one contact would have allowed me to
close the box about 15 minutes faster. I finally resoldered the whole
the whole gear lever box and closed and refitted the lever in 15
seconds flat.
Finally - my question: where are the T2's sold in the US manufactured?
I am beginning to think that the understeering problems I am having
with GP2 are due to a pirated T2 made in China...

Karim

Bad Luc

T2 wheel - made in ???

by Bad Luc » Tue, 29 Oct 1996 04:00:00


> I bought a T2 wheel a few days ago. I was a bit surprised to find out
> that it had a 'Made in China' logo, while the FCS, WCS2 and RCS I
> bought last year had 'Made in USA'.
> Finally - my question: where are the T2's sold in the US manufactured?
> I am beginning to think that the understeering problems I am having
> with GP2 are due to a pirated T2 made in China...

> Karim

Mine's 'Made In China'. There is a sticker on the bottom. Somethings
loose inside too! I heard it when I turned it over to look for the
sticker!
Probably a loose nut... I'll have to get it fixed before the next
race...I wouldn't want that steering wheel coming off at 200MPH! :o)

AKH
http://www.angelfire.com/in/Ncr

NetSpeed Administrato

T2 wheel - made in ???

by NetSpeed Administrato » Wed, 30 Oct 1996 04:00:00

China....it's cheaper!

ref: the loose nut.....probably just as bad as having the throttle-pedal
spring go SNAP as I was heading into the Parabolica at Monza......not much
of the car left after that little excursion!

BruceK


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