MongoosT-50 base clunking pitch axis

[Boris]

I have always noticed a slight clunking feeling in the pitch axis, expecially with a warthog grip attached, using standard springs and cams.

This clunking was mostly absent with the Mongoos grip.

 

I've now installed the stiffest springs and the clunking is much more pronounced, and present on both grips. It obviously get worse with more force applied.

 

Does anyone have any experience with this and has been able to rectify it?

I didn't notice any things that might be causing it, when I had the base open.

[Boris]

Alright, I think I solved it.

 

All the while I was going crazy thinking it's the gimbal mechanism, because the problem happend with both the Mongoos and the Warthog sticks.

 

But it seems the culprit was loose allen screws at the base of both sticks. This looseness, combined with the large force of stiff springs and an extension caused the stick to clunk against the metal "neck" above the attachment screw.

[dburne]

:doh:

 

Always nice when it turns out to be a simple fix...

[Swine]

I’m probably going to use some blue loctite on the base screws(not the red).

[Boris]

Just to be clear, these are the screws I tightened:

 

[98abaile]

Yeah I had exactly the same problem when I got mine ages ago. I just assumed that whoever assembled it in the factory didn't get the torque right.