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Maybe, but likely not.  There are a number of reasons why the jittering is
occurring in GPL...as has been discussed in dozens of posts here for the
last several weeks.

If you would like some help, you have to let us know what your hardware
set-up is and whether the most obvious possibility--dirty or worn
potentiometers inside your wheel--has been eliminated.

Marc.

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone managed to find a solution to the problem in GPL
where your wheel seems to be calibrated but the front wheels jitter all over
the place (even when not noving the wheel). Any solutions/workarounds?

Thanks and Regards,
David Mocnay

Thanks Marc,
Here are the specs:
PII 350, 64Mb RAM, Thriller 3D 8Mb Video and T2 wheel. The wheel is only about
5 months old so I wouldn't think that the "pods" would be a problem. Odd thing
is that only about a week ago everything was fine with the wheel ... it only
started happening all of a sudden. I can't think of what could have caused it
.. I have extended my replay memory via the core.ini to 20Mb so I'll try
reseting that. ... though, I don't see how that could be it. Also, I've put in
new sounds into GPL ... again, I'll put the original sounds in and check it
but I run these sounds on my other PC as well and have no problems.

Thanks again in advance... I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Regards,
David Mocnay

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In that case check for dirty pots :-)

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% Thanks Marc,
% Here are the specs:
% PII 350, 64Mb RAM, Thriller 3D 8Mb Video and T2 wheel. The wheel is only about
% 5 months old so I wouldn't think that the "pods" would be a problem. Odd thing
% is that only about a week ago everything was fine with the wheel ... it only
% started happening all of a sudden. I can't think of what could have caused it
% .. I have extended my replay memory via the core.ini to 20Mb so I'll try
% reseting that. ... though, I don't see how that could be it. Also, I've put in
% new sounds into GPL ... again, I'll put the original sounds in and check it
% but I run these sounds on my other PC as well and have no problems.

% Thanks again in advance... I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Since it only started just a short time ago, it really sounds like a
"dirty" pot.

To clean the pots on Thrustmaster products, get some Tuner/Switch
Cleaner and Lubricant from an electronics supply store. Open up the
housing on the unit and spray the insides of the pot (short for
potentiometer). I usually direct the spray (via the tube extenstion for
the spray nozzle) into the openings of the pot where the solder lugs
are. Then move the wheel or pedal through its full range 4-6 times to
work the cleaner over all the contacts. If the unit was acting up quite
a bit, you may want to give it a second "cleaning" before sealing up the
unit and heading back out to the track.

There are pots for each pedal and for each lever on the back of the GP1
wheel. The latter can usually be cleaned by finding a "squarish" hole on
the pot and directing the spray through the hole. You should be able to
clean the pots for the levers without disassembling anything on your
GP1, however to get to the steering wheel pot you will need to remove
the housing cover of the wheel.

[For the non-electronics or non-mechanical racers out there, the pot is
the "silver" cylinder that the is directly behind the wheel inside the
housing. It should have some wires connected to it and the wheel is
connected its plastic shaft. There should be a "shaft" coming out of one
end of the cylinder.]

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Daivd,

   I've had the same problem over the 2 years that I've had my wheel.
And it's always been a dirty or worn out steering pot. I've cleaned them
one or twice,then when a double cleaning doesn't do the trick,I replace
the pot. Even though you mention that your wheel is only a few months
old,doesn't eliminate this as the most likely cause of your problem.

Joel Willstein

Check wether u have more than one 'msjstick.drv' set ACTIVE in the
registry (by using 'dxdiag.exe').
This was my problem after installing my new SBLive! . After deleting
one manually everything was fine, no jitters anymore.

Cheers,

Jrgen Pilsl