Madexi Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Hey! I thought that here I could find someone who has experience with Saitek pedals. My tension adjustment wheel is completely stuck. I have tried to adjust it with quite a lot of force without effect. Can anyone say what kind of mechanism it has? I opened these pedals but I still couldn't see anything wrong with it. Any help is appreciated. :helpsmilie:
Schwarzfeld Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 I've been through 2 pairs of Saitek combat and also the cessna style pedals, both have failed on me (toe brake sender wires and harnesses), and I too noticed the tensioner would frequently jam. Its just poor tolerances in manufacturing of the plastic, if you take the top off and get the swingarm assembly free (you'll need a spring compressor to safely/properly remove the tension spring), you can bust it loose, but its not worth it. I junked both sets of Saitek rudder pedals and got some MFG Crosswinds, and didn't look back.
Madexi Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 Thanks for the answer. Now just to be clear is the whole tension mechanism inside this knob? If I take the knob completely off and forcefully twist it open could it work?
Schwarzfeld Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 Yep, pretty much. Its a very single mechanism, but honestly like I said if I were you I wouldn't bother trying to fix them.
Madexi Posted February 16, 2017 Author Posted February 16, 2017 Yea I understand these are definitely not a quality set when comparing to crosswinds but I currently don't have that much money to put in simming. :music_whistling: The best I can do is to try to fix these but it's so damn difficult I think I'm just gonna deal with these. Unless someone can give me some advice what to do with this.
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