>> Here is what you should do:
>> 1. disabbemble the pots in it's respective pieces.
>why not just buy new pots?? unless they're proprietary/rare sizes,
>sweeps, etc, it should be easy to find replacements from a place like
>digikey.com or newark.com. <shrug>
Why doing it:?
1.If you are fairly into tech problems this job can be
done on the TM GP1 in 10-15 mins when it comes to the steering pot.
The brake/accel pots are fairly difficult maintain but It's quite can be
done.
They are also built in a very different way than the steering pot.
Anyway getting some non original pots is only a job for one which know
exactly what he is looking for :-)
2. The pots used in many of the lower prized wheels are fairly standard
internally but they
may differ alot in the length/width of the rotating axle which is connected
to the steering
wheel itself. One thing I can tell you is that it is a jungle of pots to
choose from. So good
luck :-)
3. When it comes to TM wheels I can only say that their service have been
excellent as far as
I know, but then again if you live far and away from them and your warranty
is out of date It could
be expensive to get new pots every 2nd month which is the interval which the
cleaning needs to be done
for me.
Let me say it like this if you use the correct spraybottle on them it's the
easiest way to keep them
in shape for a while, but if you use something which is almost correct you
may find the internals
converted to liquid short after.
I have to mention that I don't actually know what pots like these cost but
if someone know where
I can get some spare pots for the Dexxa steering wheel I would appreciate
that.
In the manual there is a link where to find info about it but believe this:
There isn't a sign of it there at all. The wheel is excellent though and the
pedals is the best I've tried
so far. It's very low in price too around 1/3 of a TM T2. I think Logitech
have some involvement with the
Dexxa company but I'm not sure.
I have some technical documents about how to maintain the GP1 steering wheel
with pictures
on my site : http://home.c2i.net/hanlund you'll find it in the news section.
Ok, bye for now
Hans-Otto Lund