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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Goner on November 20, 2001, 03:01:00 AM

Title: cleaning 'POTS' ??
Post by: Goner on November 20, 2001, 03:01:00 AM

i read about people here cleaning the 'pots' on their TM sticks ; what are pots and where can i find info on cleaning them ?
i've got a TM TopGun Platinum (with the throtlle wheel) and it started acting 'funny' recently ...

Goner

Title: cleaning 'POTS' ??
Post by: Gunthr on November 20, 2001, 07:11:00 AM

They are potentiometers, Goner. My stick is optical and doesn't use them, so I don't know the cleaning procedure. A search on "Thrustmaster pots" should kick out mulitiple resources, faq's and bb messages.

Title: cleaning 'POTS' ??
Post by: Reschke on November 20, 2001, 07:17:00 AM

Goner,

What you need are isopropyl(sp? "rubbing) alcohol and a few clean Q-tips (cotton swabs). There should be some screws on the bottom of your stick that will come out. From there it is a simple matter of being careful and remembering where things came from when you pull, clean and install them again.

Title: cleaning 'POTS' ??
Post by: AKDejaVu on November 20, 2001, 10:07:00 AM

Be carefull cleaning the pots.  I'd suggest stopping by www.thrustmaster.com (http://www.thrustmaster.com) and asking their tech support.  You will be cleaning off some particles, but you will also be cleaning off lubricant.

AKDejaVu

Title: cleaning 'POTS' ??
Post by: Reschke on November 20, 2001, 10:24:00 AM

Yeah I was in a hurry to get to work this morning and left that part out. They have a nice tech help forum for just this matter over there and if you look for a bit you can find all the information you need.