Anyone able to tell me how to clean pots on the T2? In F1RS and the SCGT
demo my car's being thrown all over the place. In the Win95 calibration
screens there seems to be a little wobbling about but I wouldn't have
thought it was so much to throw the car off track.
Don't seem to have a problem with GPL (phew) but I do use generic mode
there.
I'm sick of replacing pots when maybe a clean up is all that's required.
Cheers
Mark
Reading, UK
Mark,
Spray them with contact cleaner (no residue) for a short term fix. The only
real fix is replacement.
DD
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> Anyone able to tell me how to clean pots on the T2? In F1RS and the SCGT > demo my car's being thrown all over the place. In the Win95 calibration > screens there seems to be a little wobbling about but I wouldn't have > thought it was so much to throw the car off track. > Don't seem to have a problem with GPL (phew) but I do use generic mode > there. > I'm sick of replacing pots when maybe a clean up is all that's required. > Cheers > Mark > Reading, UKPut your T2 upside down.
Remove the screws along the edge.
Take off the cover.
Get a can of contact cleaner, insert the nozzle INTO the potmeter, and
squirt.
Turn the wheel to its extremes a couple of times.
Put everything back together.
That's it. Repeat every few weeks.
If you drill a hole in the cover, right where the sticker is, you can spray
the pot next time without removing the cover.
Good luck,
Leo
% Anyone able to tell me how to clean pots on the T2? In F1RS and the SCGT
% demo my car's being thrown all over the place. In the Win95 calibration
% screens there seems to be a little wobbling about but I wouldn't have
% thought it was so much to throw the car off track.
% Don't seem to have a problem with GPL (phew) but I do use generic mode
% there.
% I'm sick of replacing pots when maybe a clean up is all that's required.
From the non-FAQ for r.a.s.:
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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Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
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