MS FF Wheel

My gas pedal start to make some noise (plastic) since yesterday. i opened the pedal unit but can't find where it comes from, put some oil here and there and it didn't change nothing. Someone had the same problem? Andre

My brake pedal's been squeaking for months. Doesn't seem to affect performance though.... Mike West 3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk

Have a look around and see if you notice any fine white powder. This is the plastic that has been scraped off (the noise you hear) as two pieces of plastic move past one another. This is the spot to be lubricated. I did this on the first night I had it and has not bothered me since. Bye, Ian

It happened to me. When I opened up the base I found the spring had broken, but had not noticed this through the feel of the pedal. I replaced the internal spring with a lash up of an external bungee cord, and it worked so good I did the same to the other pedal. Try using grease instead of oil, something like petroleum jelly is good. Steve

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>My gas pedal start to make some noise (plastic) since yesterday. >i opened the pedal unit but can't find where it comes from, put some oil >here and there and it didn't change nothing. >Someone had the same problem? >Andre

my throttle pedal squeaked like a bastard soon after i bought it, so with a little disassembly of the pedals don't worry nothing goes "boing" and use a little vasaline on the big springs on each pedal, i've had no problems since

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>My brake pedal's been squeaking for months. Doesn't seem to affect >performance though.... >Mike West >3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk >> My gas pedal start to make some noise (plastic) since yesterday. >> i opened the pedal unit but can't find where it comes from, put some oil >> here and there and it didn't change nothing. >> Someone had the same problem? >> Andre

>It happened to me. When I opened up the base I found the spring had broken, >but had not noticed this through the feel of the pedal. I replaced the >internal spring with a lash up of an external bungee cord, and it worked so >good I did the same to the other pedal. Try using grease instead of oil, >something like petroleum jelly is good. >Steve Steve, While your fix sounds like it works just fine,using petroleum jelly on plastic based parts will cause them to dry out,crack,and break. Use a graphite based non-petroleum based product on all plastic parts. Joel Willstein

Warning, Warning!!! Oil solves the most plastics. After a while you get a sticky surface - no good. Vaseline doesn't affect plastic and works quite fine. Better you clean of the oil (I recommend *** - test in advance) before you get into problems. Jens On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 08:25:56 -0400, "Andre Perron"

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>My gas pedal start to make some noise (plastic) since yesterday. >i opened the pedal unit but can't find where it comes from, put some oil >here and there and it didn't change nothing. >Someone had the same problem? >Andre

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I read some time ago that graphite is best. Something greasy like vasoline easily attracts dust and dirt. Bart Westra

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> Warning, Warning!!! > Oil solves the most plastics. After a while you get a sticky surface - > no good. > Vaseline doesn't affect plastic and works quite fine. > Better you clean of the oil (I recommend *** - test in advance) > before you get into problems. > Jens > On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 08:25:56 -0400, "Andre Perron" > >My gas pedal start to make some noise (plastic) since yesterday. > >i opened the pedal unit but can't find where it comes from, put some oil > >here and there and it didn't change nothing. > >Someone had the same problem? > >Andre > --------------------------------------------- > Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address

+AD4-Warning, Warning+ACEAIQAh- +AD4- +AD4-Oil solves the most plastics. After a while you get a sticky surface - +AD4-no good. +AD4-Vaseline doesn't affect plastic and works quite fine. +AD4- +AD4-Better you clean of the oil (I recommend *** - test in advance) +AD4-before you get into problems. +AD4- +AD4-Jens No petroleum based product should be used on plastics,as it will eventually make them brittle by drying out the oil in the plastic. And Vaseline is petroleum based. Use a graphite. Lasts a long time and won't gum up the works as Vaseline will. Joel Willstein jaw101+AEA-sprynet.com

You're right. Vaseline can collect dust, but usually outside the bearing. So no problem. Only wipe it off from time to time, when doing the lubrication. Jens On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 07:43:44 +0200, "Bart Westra" >I read some time ago that graphite is best. Something greasy like vasoline >easily attracts dust and dirt. >Bart Westra --------------------------------------------- Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address