Help: broken spring on T2 gas pedal

Hi there fellow racing-simulator-lovers, I have a T2 wheel and pedals. Now the spring of the gas pedal broke for the second time. The first time it was still was under warranty. But now the shop where I bought my T2 no longer exists. I read in this newsgroup that it's simple to replace the springs, but my question is: where can I get these springs? [I live in Holand]. Please help me with some advice. BTW happy new year.

Many of us have had the exact same problem. Thrustmaster actually changed the design a while ago to get better life out of the springs. The best way to fix it is to get to thrustmasters web page and tell them you need new springs. They will send them to you for free!! What a deal. It sometimes takes a while to get them though. When mine broke I made a new spring from an old spring I had laying around. It worked and kept me racing till I got the new ones. Here is thrustmasters address: http://www.thrustmaster.com/ Good luck, M.D.A

goto www.thrustmaster.com they should be able to send you a repair kit. It may take awhile but a few friends and myself have gotten this kit from them. Included ere some different cams that so far seem to help. I havn't broke a spring again--yet. Good luck!! and Fast Laps in 98! R. Faust aka Xducer

% Hi there fellow racing-simulator-lovers, % I have a T2 wheel and pedals. Now the spring of the gas pedal broke for the % second time. The first time it was still was under warranty. But now the % shop where I bought my T2 no longer exists. % I read in this newsgroup that it's simple to replace the springs, but my % question is: where can I get these springs? [I live in Holand]. % Please help me with some advice. Thrustmaster will send you replacement springs free of charge. I think you need to contact their Germany office: Technical Support and Repairs Center +49 (0) 271 488 9430 Mon. - Fri. 4:00pm - 7:00pm Central European Time FAX +49 (0) 271 488 9431 Product Return Address ThrustMaster, Inc. Siegener Str. 210 D-57223 Kreuztal-Buschhuetten Germany General Contact Information ThrustMaster, Inc. Erdinger Strasse 84 85356 Freising Germany Tel: +49 (0) 816 187 1093 Fax: +49 (0) 816 187 1084 -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

But eventually they broke too.

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> Many of us have had the exact same problem. Thrustmaster actually changed > the design a while ago to get better life out of the springs. The best way > to fix it is to get to thrustmasters web page and tell them you need new > springs. They will send them to you for free!! What a deal. It sometimes > takes a while to get them though. When mine broke I made a new spring from > an old spring I had laying around. It worked and kept me racing till I got > the new ones. > Here is thrustmasters address: > http://www.thrustmaster.com/ > Good luck, > M.D.A > > Hi there fellow racing-simulator-lovers, > > I have a T2 wheel and pedals. Now the spring of the gas pedal broke for > the > > second time. The first time it was still was under warranty. But now the > > shop where I bought my T2 no longer exists. > > I read in this newsgroup that it's simple to replace the springs, but my > > question is: where can I get these springs? [I live in Holand]. > > Please help me with some advice. > > BTW happy new year.

check this site, http://www.yfhung.demon.uk/t2spring.html read the text and check the diagram, it fixes the T2 with a regular tubular spring, i done it and it's working great. Bye Coco

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> Hi there fellow racing-simulator-lovers, > I have a T2 wheel and pedals. Now the spring of the gas pedal broke for the > second time. The first time it was still was under warranty. But now the > shop where I bought my T2 no longer exists. > I read in this newsgroup that it's simple to replace the springs, but my > question is: where can I get these springs? [I live in Holand]. > Please help me with some advice. > BTW happy new year.

Just email Thrustmaster at: They will replace any broken parts free of charge. I've never had to wait more than 1 week for the parts to arive. Joel Willstein

Hi there, Coco and Michael thanks a lot for your advice (although the requested URL "http://www.yfhung.demon.uk/t2spring.html" could not be retrieved?!) I will give it a try as soon as possible! Thanks & bye! Michel.

Ok the correct address is http://www.yfhung.demon.co.uk/t2spring.html sorry about this. Bye Coco

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> Hi there, > Coco and Michael thanks a lot for your advice (although the requested URL > "http://www.yfhung.demon.uk/t2spring.html" could not be retrieved?!) I > will give it a try as soon as possible! > Thanks & bye! > Michel.

Check out Thrustmasters home page. I believe it's www.thrustmaster.com. I know they supply the springs free of charge in the U.S. Over seas I'm not sure. Bonham

ThrustMaster will indeed provide these for free. Contact our UK office at 44-127-660-9697

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>Check out Thrustmasters home page. I believe it's www.thrustmaster.com. I >know they supply the springs free of charge in the U.S. Over seas I'm not >sure. >Bonham >> I have a T2 wheel and pedals. Now the spring of the gas pedal broke for >the >> second time. The first time it was still was under warranty. But now the >> shop where I bought my T2 no longer exists. >> I read in this newsgroup that it's simple to replace the springs, but my >> question is: where can I get these springs? [I live in Holand]. >> Please help me with some advice. >> BTW happy new year.