fixing Nascar Pro pedal springs

I was using the Nascar Pro racing wheel tonight and heard a snap in the pedal unit, and then noticed that the throttle pedal has about half the resistance it used to have. So does that mean a spring has popped off or broken? I unscrewed all the screws on the bottom of the pedal assembly, but could not get the thing open enough to see inside, and didn't want to force the issue as the unit is only two months old? Is this something that you have to send to Thrustmaster to fix, or will they send parts and give me instructions on how to fix it myself? How do you get that bottom plate off the pedal unit? <remove 7of9 for email replies> -- Bill Jones e-mail addresses: (860) 437-5650 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj

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> I was using the Nascar Pro racing wheel tonight and heard a snap in the > pedal unit, and then noticed that the throttle pedal has about half the > resistance it used to have. So does that mean a spring has popped off or > broken? > I unscrewed all the screws on the bottom of the pedal assembly, but could > not get the thing open enough to see inside, and didn't want to force the > issue as the unit is only two months old? Is this something that you have > to send to Thrustmaster to fix, or will they send parts and give me > instructions on how to fix it myself? How do you get that bottom plate off > the pedal unit?

Just take the pedals off(2 screws each) and all (6)of the outer silver screws out of the bottom and it will drop off.