nascar pro gas springs

HI,I've had my nascar pro steeering wheel for about 7 months now .While playing the demo of Viper racing i heard a pop and found out the springs for the gas pedal has broken(both of them).I ordered the parts from thurstmaster and should be recieving them in 7 to 10 days.I was wondering if anybody has figured out a better way to repair this problem.I hate to have to keep ordering springs every few months.Does anybody offer better springs for this setup? thasks for the help

I went to the local hardware store and bought a spring. I attached it to the pedal and then to the base. The spring I use is a little softer but has yet to break after several years. Regards Dave <SNIP>

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>HI,I've had my nascar pro steeering wheel for about 7 months now .While >playing the demo of Viper racing i heard a pop and found out the springs >for the gas pedal has broken(both of them).I ordered the parts from >thurstmaster and should be recieving them in 7 to 10 days.I was >wondering if anybody has figured out a better way to repair this >problem.I hate to have to keep ordering springs every few months.Does >anybody offer better springs for this setup? > thasks for the help

I've only had my Nascar Pro wheel for two months and just snapped one of the throttle springs the other night. I ordered replacement springs from Thrustmaster's web site, but in the meantime I'm using a bungee cord that I had in my garage and the pedal feel is actually better with that, so I'll continue to use it even after I replace the springs! The bungee cord is almost 6 inches long before being stretched and I've hooked it to the front of the pedal base to the bottom of the throttle pedal. It doesn't get in the way at all and there's no way it will break like the springs. I just happened to have that cord*** around, but I'd guess that a 4 or 5 inch one might work perfectly for the brake pedal and provide more resistance than the throttle pedal. -- Bill Jones e-mail addresses: (860) 437-5650 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj

% HI,I've had my nascar pro steeering wheel for about 7 months now .While % playing the demo of Viper racing i heard a pop and found out the springs % for the gas pedal has broken(both of them).I ordered the parts from % thurstmaster and should be recieving them in 7 to 10 days.I was % wondering if anybody has figured out a better way to repair this % problem.I hate to have to keep ordering springs every few months.Does % anybody offer better springs for this setup? There have been a few suggestions in r.a.s. over the years for spring replacements. 1) You might want to check with an instrument store that sells guitars and stuff and see if they have any "wha-wha" [sp?] pedal springs they could sell you. 2) Some people have successfully made their own springs from piano wire (is there a musical theme here?). 3) As a last resort some people have used coat hanger wire to tide them over until TM comes through with the replacement springs. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=