Barefoot Bandit Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 So, whilst putting my Warthog grip onto my T50 base, I managed to do this... Ideas? Had one suggestion to use a ball point pen tube to fix it, doesn't seem like a bad idea at all. Any other ideas appreciated. Once I get that sorted, I'll as for suggestion getting the T50 base metal ring back onto the socket thingy... (I think I'm going to screw the T50 socket into place after this). Z...
Thermal Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 Get a fine pair of long nose pliers, place either side of the bend - close the pliers, careful not to move them laterally, over the pin, bending/squishing it straight. If you just grab the top of the pin and bend it around trying to straighten it, you will end up bending the ping around the base, fatiguing the pin (more).
Barefoot Bandit Posted March 7, 2018 Author Posted March 7, 2018 Get a fine pair of long nose pliers, place either side of the bend - close the pliers, careful not to move them laterally, over the pin, bending/squishing it straight. If you just grab the top of the pin and bend it around trying to straighten it, you will end up bending the ping around the base, fatiguing the pin (more). Good point. Despite my boatload of tools, I don't have a super small pair of need nose, so I'll be waiting until tomorrow to go to the hardware store I suspect. Can that metal ring be removes to allow for easier access? I'm not afraid of taking the thing apart... Z...
sze5003 Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 Looks like the metal ring holds it in place so I don't think it's removable. I recently took my joystick apart to replace the DMS switch. Didn't seem to find a way of removing the bottom section. They should have done it like the vpc stick where the connector and wire can be pulled out of the stick a bit, connected to the base then slowly put the stick on and push the wire back into the stick while placing the stick on the base. I agree that having the center ring like that makes it very rigid and half the time you are guessing if it's going in properly. Needle nose pliers but don't apply a lot of force. If they are as brittle as CPU pins you could easily break them. Asus ROG Strix Z790-E | Core i9 13900K-NZXT Kraken X73 AIO | 32GB DDR5 G Skill Neo 6600mhz | 2TB Sk Hynix P41 Platinum nvme |1TB Evo 970 Plus nvme | OCZ Trion 150 960GB | 256GB Samsung 830 | 1TB Samsung 850 EVO | Gigabyte OC 4090 | Phanteks P600S | 1000W MSI MPG A1000G | LG C2 42 Evo 3840x2160 @ 120hz
Barefoot Bandit Posted March 7, 2018 Author Posted March 7, 2018 Looks like the metal ring holds it in place so I don't think it's removable. I recently took my joystick apart to replace the DMS switch. Didn't seem to find a way of removing the bottom section. They should have done it like the vpc stick where the connector and wire can be pulled out of the stick a bit, connected to the base then slowly put the stick on and push the wire back into the stick while placing the stick on the base. I agree that having the center ring like that makes it very rigid and half the time you are guessing if it's going in properly. Needle nose pliers but don't apply a lot of force. If they are as brittle as CPU pins you could easily break them. Oddly - I damaged it putting it onto the VPC base, the free floating connector actually made it harder with the Warthog grip, as the warthog centers itself on the warthog base due to the guides, the VPC socket can float around, and for some reason, the Warthog grip seems much harder to center than the VPC grip. I also damaged the VPC socked *the metal ring around the socket has come loose) - so that will be after the Warthog grip repair... :doh: Z...
Barefoot Bandit Posted March 8, 2018 Author Posted March 8, 2018 OK, bent pin repaired, and it's plugged in and working. So far so good... Z...
cichlidfan Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 OK, bent pin repaired, and it's plugged in and working. So far so good... Z... Good deal. Yep, the needle nose plier method is used by everyone I know in the hardware support field. I have done it, to mice and keyboards (in olden times), so many times that I have lost count. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Barefoot Bandit Posted March 10, 2018 Author Posted March 10, 2018 Good deal. Yep, the needle nose plier method is used by everyone I know in the hardware support field. I have done it, to mice and keyboards (in olden times), so many times that I have lost count. I was a tad worried, as the smallest pair I could find still seemed a tad large, but patience and macro mode on the iPhone camera seemed to work out in the end :thumbup: :pilotfly: Z...
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