thrustmaster warthog stick jitters when moved

[Steel Jaw]

In the Y axis so far.

thoughts please.

[_Hoss]

What do you mean jitters, it can't be force feedback, or I'll be pissed mine doesn't have any.  Does it feel like skipping because of grit/grime or something stuck in the ball causing it? I have great grandchildren, and I'm always trying to keep them away from my office/sim room, those hands and fingers are always dirty.  Once you get it cleaned/fixed get one of those Monstertech dust shields..  https://www.monstertechusa.com/product/warthog-dust-shield/

 

Let us know what's causing it.

 

Cheers

Hoss

 

[InfinityWingman]

There is a screw inside the grip that gets loose and needs to be tightened 

 

 

I've had this happen twice. Used loctite the second time.

[_Hoss]

The small allen screws on the left hand side of the stick on mine get loose once in awhile too, they are metric and I just take a good ball driver and tighten them back up, it gets loose where the F-16 stick meets the metal rod coming out of it int the base.  You can put just a whisper of lock tight on them and fasten them down.  I'm glad to hear it's not something in the base that's messing up.

 

Hoss

Edited September 24, 2021 by 352nd_Hoss

[Steel Jaw]

Thanks for the replies brothers, to clarify:  when I hold the stick steady sometimes the signals it sends jump around, so, in the Hornet when pull the warthog stick in the Y axis, the Hornet in sim stick jitters and the in game axis display shows the uncommanded jitters.

 

It also appears that it is loose at the ball joint of the base whereby I can twist the whole stick including the ball joint about 1cm rotation.

Edited September 25, 2021 by Mower

[_Hoss]

That sucks.............  I tend to be more gentile with mine since I put the 10cm extension on it just for that reason, I didn't really notice the loose stick part until I put the extension on it.  Are you going to take it apart?, there are some good YouTube videos of gents taking it apart, and cleaning it.  Maybe there are screws you can tighten up.

 

Good luck

Hoss

[Steel Jaw]

4 hours ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

Are you going to take it apart?

 

Dunno, would rather not, but have heard bad things about the base.

[Lange_666]

Taking it apart is not difficult, lot's of tube video's on the subject.

Could be that the Y-hall sensor has become a bit loose, just a guess.

[Fleshpiston]

On 9/25/2021 at 10:23 AM, Mower said:

Thanks for the replies brothers, to clarify:  when I hold the stick steady sometimes the signals it sends jump around, so, in the Hornet when pull the warthog stick in the Y axis, the Hornet in sim stick jitters and the in game axis display shows the uncommanded jitters.

 

It also appears that it is loose at the ball joint of the base whereby I can twist the whole stick including the ball joint about 1cm rotation.

 

 Just check your windows calibration and TM centre. Is the raw data jittering? Is it the same on all usb ports?