Saitek FF wheel : stay away

Just a fair warning.. It's a really good FF wheel, but it's just not built very well... Had it for a year, I am on my 2nd set of pedal springs and yesterday the paddle broke too...Enough !! (imagine F12000 shifting with a gear shift, yuck ;-) Just passing info.... Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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> Just a fair warning.. It's a really good FF wheel, but it's just not > built very well... Had it for a year, I am on my 2nd set of pedal > springs and yesterday the paddle broke too...Enough !! > (imagine F12000 shifting with a gear shift, yuck ;-) > > Just passing info.... >

So I guess you'll have to play something like Nascar3, NFS Porsche or GPL for a while... (imagine NASCAR3 shifting with a paddle, gulp ;-) Zolli

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> Just a fair warning.. It's a really good FF wheel, but it's just not > built very well... Had it for a year, I am on my 2nd set of pedal > springs and yesterday the paddle broke too...Enough !! > (imagine F12000 shifting with a gear shift, yuck ;-) > Just passing info.... > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

Have mine for over a year, all I had to do is to change the pots, and the squashball modification. Still works like a charm. What exactly did you do with your paddle to _break_ it?:) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Worueber man nicht reden kann, darueber muss man schweigen."(Wittgenstein) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Kroell alias [email hidden]

Same here Had mine for nearly a year. Really pleased with the wheel. Pedals not as good as my old T2, but I'm used to them now. Andreas Kroell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8glnhn$e0p$[email hidden]...

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> [email hidden] wrote: > > Just a fair warning.. It's a really good FF wheel, but it's just not > > built very well... Had it for a year, I am on my 2nd set of pedal > > springs and yesterday the paddle broke too...Enough !! > > (imagine F12000 shifting with a gear shift, yuck ;-) > > > Just passing info.... > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > Have mine for over a year, all I had to do is to change the pots, and the

squashball modification. Still works > like a charm. What exactly did you do with your paddle to _break_ it?:) > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Worueber man nicht reden kann, darueber muss manschweigen."(Wittgenstein) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andreas Kroell alias [email hidden]

If you're going to replace it, get the ACT LABS wheel. That thing is built like a rock. They have a really solid reputation for quality. On Thu, 25 May 2000 20:41:59 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:

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>Just a fair warning.. It's a really good FF wheel, but it's just not >built very well... Had it for a year, I am on my 2nd set of pedal >springs and yesterday the paddle broke too...Enough !! >(imagine F12000 shifting with a gear shift, yuck ;-) > >Just passing info.... > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy.

> Have mine for over a year, all I had to do is to change the pots, andthe squashball modification. Still works > like a charm. What exactly did you do with your paddle to _break_it?:) Ehh, take a wild guess... I downshifted ;-) not even that hard either. I have since opened it up and and epoxied it, and it broke again a day later, so I guess a repair is out of the question. Never mind, this thing is cursed. Yesterday, a friend of mine visited and his baby pulled on the pedal connector and ripped it out ( I had to resolder that ;-) Still, no paddle = no fun.... The problem is I cannot think of a suitable replacement that improves things enough to justify the $$$ (heavier pedals, more FF power, more options, USB).. The FF is nicely done (paddles + shifter), just not made very stong. Greg. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

In article <[email hidden]>, ForceRacer <[email hidden]> wrote: > If you're going to replace it, get the ACT LABS wheel. That thing is > built like a rock. They have a really solid reputation for quality. >Thanks, I was thinking about doing that actually.... I'll be researching it....I hope it has USB... Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.