HELP: Thrusmaster throttle spring broke

Is it possible to replace the spring on the thrusmaster throttle?

Yep, just call or e-mail them for a free replacement. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

Yes. I just did this two days ago. I heard one guy who put a block of wood somewhere inside of his to keep it from breaking again. --- NEWLY UPDATED WWW PAGE! --enjoy! http://www.pacifier.com/~dtuso Dominic Tuso

If you are talking about the T1, yes. Call Thrustmaster, tell 'em what happened. They will send you some more springs. Drill out the pop rivets holding the pedals together, change the spring, then sheetmetal ***it back together again. You might want to put a spacer such as a piece of wood behind the pedals to limit their travel. Not only does it protect the springs, it makes it easier on your ankles (IMHO). Don't forget to re-calibrate if you put in the spacer. -=Don=-

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>}Is it possible to replace the spring on the thrusmaster throttle? >Yes. I just did this two days ago. I heard one guy who put a block of >wood somewhere inside of his to keep it from breaking again. >--- >NEWLY UPDATED WWW PAGE! --enjoy! > http://www.pacifier.com/~dtuso >Dominic Tuso

The block of wood is an option, but "should" slow you down in speed... let me explain. I took a metal bar and put it behind my two pedals so that the pedals (obviously) wouldn't go all the way down. Things seemed fine until I tried out the pedals in Nascar 1. I got into Nascar 1 and recalibrated.... I was running 95's top speed and it was very noticable. I then thought...... recalibrate in Windows95, but it didn't work.... then I rebooted and went directly to a COMMAND PROMPT ONLY and then ran Nascar 1, recalibrated and tried it... same thing. I talked to a tech at Thrustmaster who said that although the game should interpret the new values and run properly, it doesn't seem to be the case with the block behind the pedals option. The good news is that KBOLIN posted a fix which involved putting springs infront fo the pedal to help support the thrustmaster springs... I tried this and so far.... no problems! If anyone is interested in this file (with diagrams).. check out the file section of my web page. http://www.wizvax.net/cmone/