T2 spring woes

Man, I've about had it with my T2. Now, granted, I've had this thing for 2 years now, and really it has been a decent piece of equipment for me. But there's know way I think it can hold up for racing on Ten. Tonight, during a Wilkes race, my brake spring broke. Pulled out the spare parts, replaced the spring with what I thought was the correct replacemt, reaasembled and calibrated. The brake was way to soft, and felt like it was dragging on it's return up. Off comes the cover again, and I dissamble the brake pedal once again. I did through my bag of spare parts, and come up with a heavier spring, coiled only twice. I put it on, what a pain to bend it back behind that screw, and reassemble. Now, my brake is a lot stiffer than it was, and is taking a lot of getting used to. TSW, here I come! Please tell me the springs last longer in it. -- Don Burnette I-65 Racing Dburn on Ten

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> Man, I've about had it with my T2. Now, granted, I've had this thing for 2 > years now, and really it has been a decent piece of equipment for me. But > there's know way I think it can hold up for racing on Ten. Tonight, during > a Wilkes race, my brake spring broke. Pulled out the spare parts, replaced > the spring with what I thought was the correct replacemt, reaasembled and > calibrated. The brake was way to soft, and felt like it was dragging on > it's return up. Off comes the cover again, and I dissamble the brake pedal > once again. I did through my bag of spare parts, and come up with a heavier > spring, coiled only twice. I put it on, what a pain to bend it back behind > that screw, and reassemble. Now, my brake is a lot stiffer than it was, and > is taking a lot of getting used to. > TSW, here I come! Please tell me the springs last longer in it. > -- > Don Burnette > I-65 Racing > Dburn on Ten

The spring lasts longer on it. I've had mine for 2 1/2 years and the brake spring broke once after about 2 years. TSW seemed sort of surprised when I told them it broke and I needed a replacement. Ken

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> Man, I've about had it with my T2. Now, granted, I've had this thing for 2 > years now, and really it has been a decent piece of equipment for me. But > there's know way I think it can hold up for racing on Ten. Tonight, during > a Wilkes race, my brake spring broke. Pulled out the spare parts, replaced > the spring with what I thought was the correct replacemt, reaasembled and > calibrated. The brake was way to soft, and felt like it was dragging on > it's return up. Off comes the cover again, and I dissamble the brake pedal > once again. I did through my bag of spare parts, and come up with a heavier > spring, coiled only twice. I put it on, what a pain to bend it back behind > that screw, and reassemble. Now, my brake is a lot stiffer than it was, and > is taking a lot of getting used to. > TSW, here I come! Please tell me the springs last longer in it. > -- > Don Burnette > I-65 Racing > Dburn on Ten

Hi Don, Well we have a lot of 4 year old TSWs out there and never a broken spring yet, this has never been an issue with our product :). Trev

I have repaired my return springs using small, slender bun gee cords. My pedals are mounted on a plank, and I put a***eye in the plank and attached one end of the bun gee to that and the other end to the hole in the pedal shaft. Seems to work fine.

my accelorator had this problem on my T2

i called thrustmaster and they sent me new modified springs free of charge.

My brother and I broke brake and throttle springs regularly on our T2's until we modified the pedals to limit their travel to about 60% of the stock travel. Haven't broken a spring since (knock on wood!) Alison Remove the spam blocker NOSPAM to email me. http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison