Thrustmaster Warthog - a little bit of play/ wobble on center - possible to fix?

[CommandT]

Hey folks, 

I've had my Thrustmaster Warthog since April and recently it developed a major bit of play in one particular direction between the X and Y axis. I took it apart and saw the O ring had come off slightly on one side. Since it's still fairly new I didn't re-grease or glue the ring back in. Instead I just pushed it back in with my finger and it seemed to stick again (lots of grease). Tightened it all back together and that particular bit of play was gone - great.

But now I sense there is just a very slight amount of play in the Y axis on centre. It's not terrible - flyable, but it's kind of annoying because it wasn't like this when it was new and now I can't forget about it. Is there a fix for this? Shall I try to take it apart again and re-glue the O ring? Not sure if that would fix it really since I suspect the O ring probably hasn't come apart again, yet.

Cheers!

[xoxen]

Hi CommandT,

its me again   I had the same situation when I disassembled my Warthog base. One thing that helped me is to unmount everything until the big spring is out and you can lift up the part where the O-Ring is glued to. It is a cylindric part and you can assemble it in 4 ways by turning it 90 degrees each way. I figured out that in 2 of the 4 possibilities I had the play you are describing. Before you unmount everything you should mark the parts to remember the original position.

I hope this helps and yes, I guess you need to glue the O-Ring again, otherwise it will most probably come lose again and again. After I re-glued it I also greased everything up properly to have everything buttery smooth.

Xoxen

Edited December 14, 2020 by xoxen

[CommandT]

Thanks a million for the help again. Seems pretty good now!!

[xoxen]

Perfect, nice to hear. I remember quite well how disappointed I was when I felt the play after greasing up the base.