The steering on my Thrustmaster Nascar Pro needs a warmup lap to function
correctly lately. Seems like there is som bad contact in the potensiometer
when going straight, but it get better after a few minutes.
Is this a "warning" telling me to get a new pot for my wheel, or is there
something else I can do about it?
BTW the wheel is only 6 months old.
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% The steering on my Thrustmaster Nascar Pro needs a warmup lap to function
% correctly lately. Seems like there is som bad contact in the potensiometer
% when going straight, but it get better after a few minutes.
% Is this a "warning" telling me to get a new pot for my wheel, or is there
% something else I can do about it?
% BTW the wheel is only 6 months old.
Dirty pot! Here's a copy of an old post of mine...
To clean the pots on Thrustmaster products, get some Tuner/Switch
Cleaner and Lubricant from an electronics supply store. Open up the
housing on the unit and spray the insides of the pot (short for
potentiometer). I usually direct the spray (via the tube extenstion for
the spray nozzle) into the openings of the pot where the solder lugs
are. Then move the wheel or pedal through its full range 4-6 times to
work the cleaner over all the contacts. If the unit was acting up quite
a bit, you may want to give it a second "cleaning" before sealing up the
unit and heading back out to the track.
There are pots for each pedal and for each lever on the back of the GP1
wheel. The latter can usually be cleaned by finding a "squarish" hole on
the pot and directing the spray through the hole. You should be able to
clean the pots for the levers without disassembling anything on your
GP1, however to get to the steering wheel pot you will need to remove
the housing cover of the wheel.
[For the non-electronics or non-mechanical racers out there, the pot is
the "silver" cylinder that the is directly behind the wheel inside the
housing. It should have some wires connected to it and the wheel is
connected its plastic shaft. There should be a "shaft" coming out of one
end of the cylinder.]
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
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When my Thrustmaster steering started to act up I cleaned the pot with
contact cleaner. It was fine for a short time and then got worse.
I replaced it. Now it's fixed...seems better than it was new.
Marty
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> The steering on my Thrustmaster Nascar Pro needs a warmup lap to > function > correctly lately. Seems like there is som bad contact in the > potensiometer > when going straight, but it get better after a few minutes. > Is this a "warning" telling me to get a new pot for my wheel, or is > there > something else I can do about it? > BTW the wheel is only 6 months old. > --some kind of warning at this time things just could get worse
