My GP1 seems a little vague near to center and the pointer jumps around
a little with wheel centered while calibrating. Is this wear or a dirty
pot? If a dirty pot, is automotive spray circuit board contact cleaner
ok to use or will it harm the pot. Is canned air a better alternative?
TIA
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Otto Matheke
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On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:33:30 -0500, Otto Matheke
>My GP1 seems a little vague near to center and the pointer jumps around
>a little with wheel centered while calibrating. Is this wear or a dirty
>pot? If a dirty pot, is automotive spray circuit board contact cleaner
>ok to use or will it harm the pot. Is canned air a better alternative?
>TIA
That very well could be a dirty pot. My T-2 was doing the same thing
until I leaned the pot. My cleaner of choice is Tuner Control Cleaner
and Lubricant from Radio Sack (Cat No. 64-4315) It works great for my
T2, but I originally purchased it for the knobs on my Marshall
amplifier.
Cheers,
Chris
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Contact Thrustmaster - they sent me replacements in the post the next day!
Any kind of spray cleaner for electronics SHOULD be ok but dont blame me if you
try something and it messes it up. I personally use a product called "Big
Bath". I cant remember the company that makes it though. If you can find it
"Blue Lightning" (or is it thunder) would work great and definately wont harm
it. Ive sprayed that stuff directly onto a circuit board to clean dust off of
it and it didnt do a thing except what i used it for...cleaning the board.
However its an older product and im not sure if they make it anymore.
Almost everyone will tell you that it is the pot, and chances are that it IS
the pot.
There is a chance however that the wheel assembly is moving on the shaft.
The***that Thrustmaster provides with the wheel is not too great. When
you take the cover off to clean the pot try holding the shaft and see if you
can wriggle the wheel on the shaft.
Remember I am still talking about the GP1.
If the wheel moves then you may want to put in a larger diameter self
tapping screw.
Regards
Emiliano
symptoms? usually coughing or worse a donkey.
cleaner? try a waterpipe, or a better dealer.
sorry couldn't help it.
Not that great?
It sucks pig poop...
It angers me because I have been writing them forever for a replacement,
and begged them to change to a three-screw design.
Any engineer knows that you don't attach two circular parts with ONE
screw. You always use 3 in a tri-pod arrangement...
-Larry
> The***that Thrustmaster provides with the wheel is not too great.
Great stuff mate , thanks. I've just added "Bachelor of Engineering"
to my resume....|o)
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Actually, I modified my TM2 to have a second***holding the wheel to
the shaft. I don't think it made any improvement, as there wasn't that
much wheel-to-shaft play to begin with. The biggest problem is the fact
that the rear 'bushing' (where the pot is) doesn't really provide any
support for the shaft. The shaft is held almost entirely by the front
bushing, and thus some twisting (yaw & pitch) is inevitable.
Any engineer knows that you don't position a shaft with just one bushing!
--John Bradley
Hehe :)
The only reason I haven't done mine yet is I haven't figured out how get
around the switch wires to remove the wheel completely.
-Larry
> Great stuff mate , thanks. I've just added "Bachelor of Engineering"
> to my resume....|o)
It takes 3 to make a difference.
Tri-pod arrangement.
-Larry
> Actually, I modified my TM2 to have a second***holding the wheel to
> the shaft. I don't think it made any improvement, as there wasn't that
> much wheel-to-shaft play to begin with. The biggest problem is the fact
> that the rear 'bushing' (where the pot is) doesn't really provide any
> support for the shaft. The shaft is held almost entirely by the front
> bushing, and thus some twisting (yaw & pitch) is inevitable.
