*Urgent* help wanted please!

Hi, I have a Guillemot/Thrustmaster Ferrari FF Steering wheel. Everything has been great until today, when the throttle spring snapped :( Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! To much heavy use for GPL Rank I guess (Grin) ;) Anyway, is it possible, or has anyone with the exact same wheel, managed to do a "home" repair? Is it possible with these pedals to replace the "original" spring, with something that will last much longer? I am not an engineer or mechanic, but I am usually pretty handy with such things, so if you can suggest anything, I would be VERY grateful. Of course, this doesn't stop me playing GPL, (Phew!), as this wheel has it's "extra" steering colum paddles for throttle and braking, plus the shifter paddles. But obviously, I much prefer the foot pedals myself. I have had a quick look inside, but wanted your thoughts/suggestions/help first please. Thank you :) Mad Max (Andrew) :)

Just call Guillemot's 800# if you want more springs MadMax but if you want to put some heffty ones in I don't have a clue where to get them?.. Sorry.. Thom_j. "MAD MAX" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... | Hi, | I have a Guillemot/Thrustmaster Ferrari FF Steering wheel. Everything has | been great until today, when the throttle spring snapped :( | Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! To much heavy use for GPL Rank I guess (Grin) ;)Anyway, | is it possible, or has anyone with the exact same wheel, managed to do a | "home" repair? Is it possible with these pedals to replace the "original" | spring, with something that will last much longer? I am not an engineer or | mechanic, but I am usually pretty handy with such things, so if you can | suggest anything, I would be VERY grateful. Of course, this doesn't stopme | playing GPL, (Phew!), as this wheel has it's "extra" steering columpaddles

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| for throttle and braking, plus the shifter paddles. But obviously, I much | prefer the foot pedals myself. I have had a quick look inside, but wanted | your thoughts/suggestions/help first please. Thank you :) | | Mad Max (Andrew) :) | |

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http://www.slottweak.com/ this site has lots of mods/upgrades for wheels try here MAD MAX <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi, > I have a Guillemot/Thrustmaster Ferrari FF Steering wheel. Everything has > been great until today, when the throttle spring snapped :( > Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! To much heavy use for GPL Rank I guess (Grin) ;)Anyway, > is it possible, or has anyone with the exact same wheel, managed to do a > "home" repair? Is it possible with these pedals to replace the "original" > spring, with something that will last much longer? I am not an engineer or > mechanic, but I am usually pretty handy with such things, so if you can > suggest anything, I would be VERY grateful. Of course, this doesn't stopme > playing GPL, (Phew!), as this wheel has it's "extra" steering columpaddles

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> for throttle and braking, plus the shifter paddles. But obviously, I much > prefer the foot pedals myself. I have had a quick look inside, but wanted > your thoughts/suggestions/help first please. Thank you :) > > Mad Max (Andrew) :) > >

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>Hi, >I have a Guillemot/Thrustmaster Ferrari FF Steering wheel. >Everything has been great until today, when the throttle spring >snapped :( Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! To much heavy use for GPL Rank I >guess (Grin) ;) Anyway, is it possible, or has anyone with the exact >same wheel, managed to do a "home" repair? Is it possible with these >pedals to replace the "original" spring, with something that will >last much longer? I am not an engineer or mechanic, but I am usually >pretty handy with such things, so if you can suggest anything, I >would be VERY grateful. Of course, this doesn't stop me playing GPL, >(Phew!), as this wheel has it's "extra" steering colum paddles for >throttle and braking, plus the shifter paddles. But obviously, I >much prefer the foot pedals myself. I have had a quick look inside, >but wanted your thoughts/suggestions/help first please. Thank you :) > >Mad Max (Andrew) :)

I've broken a few springs over the years in my ECCI pedals. I sure I could have gotten replacments from the ECCI but I found a great source in numerous local hardware stores. They usually have a section for small specialty parts with lots of different spring choices. I now have a selection of different springs to alter pedal pressure. Bring your old one with you for comparison. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -14.06 MonsterRank 104.55 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

In article <HDB57.3459$[email hidden]>, Thom j. <[email hidden]> writes >Just call Guillemot's 800# if you want more springs MadMax but >if you want to put some heffty ones in I don't have a clue where >to get them?.. Sorry.. Thom_j. Haha! Tennis balls for me!! Who needs those damned spring thingumies?!! :)

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> >"MAD MAX" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >| Hi, >| I have a Guillemot/Thrustmaster Ferrari FF Steering wheel. Everything has >| been great until today, when the throttle spring snapped :( >| Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! To much heavy use for GPL Rank I guess (Grin) ;) >Anyway, >| is it possible, or has anyone with the exact same wheel, managed to do a >| "home" repair? Is it possible with these pedals to replace the "original" >| spring, with something that will last much longer? I am not an engineer or >| mechanic, but I am usually pretty handy with such things, so if you can >| suggest anything, I would be VERY grateful. Of course, this doesn't stop >me >| playing GPL, (Phew!), as this wheel has it's "extra" steering colum >paddles >| for throttle and braking, plus the shifter paddles. But obviously, I much >| prefer the foot pedals myself. I have had a quick look inside, but wanted >| your thoughts/suggestions/help first please. Thank you :) >| >| Mad Max (Andrew) :)

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So then are these called: Hefty Balls?? hahahaha "Peter Ives" wrote: | Haha! Tennis balls for me!! Who needs those damned spring | thingumies?!! :) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.264 / Virus Database: 136 - Release Date: 7/2/2001

In article <0rN57.5630$[email hidden]>, Thom j. <[email hidden]> writes >So then are these called: Hefty Balls?? hahahaha > No, they're called 'my brake balls'. :) A bit more info. I have rigged up with some wood a contraption that is fixed to the pedals and sits up against a back wall so no sliding around, and it holds the tennis balls up against each of the pedals allowing for plenty of resistance. It works like the dog's b*ll*cks, though bigger. :) PS: I haven't got a dog, and if I had I wouldn't have tried using its gonads for this. :)

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>"Peter Ives" wrote: >| Haha! Tennis balls for me!! Who needs those damned spring >| thingumies?!! :) > > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.264 / Virus Database: 136 - Release Date: 7/2/2001 > >

-- Peter Ives Remove ALL_STRESS before replying If you know what's good for you, don't listen to me GPLRank Joystick -50.63 Wheel -21.77

Why Not?? hahaha :o)~ "Peter Ives" wrote: | and if I had I wouldn't have tried using its | gonads for this. :) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.264 / Virus Database: 136 - Release Date: 7/2/2001