Anybody know the remedy for such a problem. Or do I just buy a new pedals/wheel
set?
Thanks.
Ron Kantowski
Contact Thrustmaster by phone and they will mail you new springs, at no cost.
www.thrustmaster.com
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God bless,
Loren
Yes, I ran into this problem, too. The spring of the gas pedal broke, and it
kept the pedal at half throttle... But I had another problem with the wheel:
Everytime I wanted to calibrate it in Windows, it didn't work right. I
turned the wheel to the right...everything OK...I turned the wheel to the
left as far as it went, and suddenly, when turning left again, it went only
half the way (not the wheel, but in the calibrating screen). And when
playing a racing game, it went only half the way to the left, but the full
way to the right....
I calibrated it a thousand times, but it hardly ever worked.... Do you know
what I could have done wrong?
Thanks
Dex
Keith.
>> 4 years!!!! amazing! most of us go through them (springs) in a matter of
>> months!
>> God bless,
>> Loren
>Yes, I ran into this problem, too. The spring of the gas pedal broke, and it
>kept the pedal at half throttle... But I had another problem with the wheel:
>Everytime I wanted to calibrate it in Windows, it didn't work right. I
>turned the wheel to the right...everything OK...I turned the wheel to the
>left as far as it went, and suddenly, when turning left again, it went only
>half the way (not the wheel, but in the calibrating screen). And when
>playing a racing game, it went only half the way to the left, but the full
>way to the right....
>I calibrated it a thousand times, but it hardly ever worked.... Do you know
>what I could have done wrong?
>Thanks
>Dex
Get some contact cleaner from Radio Shack, then unscrew/open up your T2's
steering box, and you'll find that the steering shaft/column connects at the
end in a silver "pot" which is connected via wires to the joystick port...
Use the contact cleaner on this silver cylinder then move the wheel around a
few times, back and forth, then put it all back together again, and give it
a try!
After nearly 4 years, mine started doing the same thing, in the past 6
months I have cleaned it out twice, and it's made all the difference in the
world!
BTW, it's true... Thrustmaster will send you new springs, suction cups, etc
for free!
Just email them!
Jay J
% Yes, I ran into this problem, too. The spring of the gas pedal broke, and it
% kept the pedal at half throttle... But I had another problem with the wheel:
% Everytime I wanted to calibrate it in Windows, it didn't work right. I
% turned the wheel to the right...everything OK...I turned the wheel to the
% left as far as it went, and suddenly, when turning left again, it went only
% half the way (not the wheel, but in the calibrating screen). And when
% playing a racing game, it went only half the way to the left, but the full
% way to the right....
% I calibrated it a thousand times, but it hardly ever worked.... Do you know
% what I could have done wrong?
It sounds like either your steering pot is dirty (or needs replacing) or
that it has turned in it's mount inside the unit. If it is the latter,
your wheel's pot is no longer centered and you have more play on one
side than the other. If it's a dirty pot, then the calibration may read
exagerated resistence and can't calibrate properly.
You can clean your pot with some electronic switch cleaner.
You can also open up the unit and see if the mounting for the pot is
loose and needs to be recentered and tightened.
% Dex
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