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Did anyone ever find a solution to the Guillemot Ferrari pull-right problem?
I've had the wheel for over a year but it's been in it's box most of the
time.  Now I discover it's not such a bad wheel afterall, start using it,
and within a month of light use it seems to have developed a fault.

What happens is that after a few minutes of racing in GPL, the FF will go
limp.  When the wheel is moved right of centre it will keep going on it's
own, pulling right.  When centered it stays centered though.  This happens
race after race, so it's not car damage.

If anyone has a solution, or an idea why this is happening, the help would
be appreciated.  Is the wheel just broken?
Thanks,
Simon.

Just posting that in case anyone else has/gets the same problem.

| Found a possible solution thanks to Thom_j and www.slottweak.com .  A post
| on the forum there suggested turning 'Spring Gain' to zero, and the
problem
| seems to be gone.  Won't know for sure until after an extended period of
use
| though.
|
| Just posting that in case anyone else has/gets the same problem.
|


| > Hi,
| >
| > Did anyone ever find a solution to the Guillemot Ferrari pull-right
| problem?
| > I've had the wheel for over a year but it's been in it's box most of the
| > time.  Now I discover it's not such a bad wheel afterall, start using
it,
| > and within a month of light use it seems to have developed a fault.
| >
| > What happens is that after a few minutes of racing in GPL, the FF will
go
| > limp.  When the wheel is moved right of centre it will keep going on
it's
| > own, pulling right.  When centered it stays centered though.  This
happens
| > race after race, so it's not car damage.
| >
| > If anyone has a solution, or an idea why this is happening, the help
would
| > be appreciated.  Is the wheel just broken?
| > Thanks,
| > Simon.
| >
| >
| >
| >
|
|

| Just had three hours solid racing on Vroc, so I guess it's fixed :)
|


| > Great Simon,
| > I hope it works for you Simon as I really like both [yes both] of my
| > Guillemot aka Thrustmaster FF Ferrari Race Wheels.. I have never
| > had any "problems" with service or parts from Guillemot once they
| > took Thrustmaster over. I never had any problems w/Thrustmaster
| > before they were bought' out & I have use Thrustmaster for years!
| > Good Luck Thom_j.
|
|
|

The real problemsolver was to switch to the serial port instead of USB.

If you already do use the serial port... well then maybe you are right and
it really is fixed ;)

Mikkel

| Believe me... its not fixed ;)
| I have had the same thing happening for a year, sometimes after 3 minutes
of
| racing, sometimes after 3 days. I tried just about every FF setting known
to
| man, but the problem allways came back just in the middle of some
important
| online race :(
|
| The real problemsolver was to switch to the serial port instead of USB.
|
| If you already do use the serial port... well then maybe you are right and
| it really is fixed ;)
|
| Mikkel
|
|


| > Superb M8!! <G>
| >


| > | Just had three hours solid racing on Vroc, so I guess it's fixed :)
| > |


| > | > Great Simon,
| > | > I hope it works for you Simon as I really like both [yes both] of my
| > | > Guillemot aka Thrustmaster FF Ferrari Race Wheels.. I have never
| > | > had any "problems" with service or parts from Guillemot once they
| > | > took Thrustmaster over. I never had any problems w/Thrustmaster
| > | > before they were bought' out & I have use Thrustmaster for years!
| > | > Good Luck Thom_j.
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|