JaseGill Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 All, My pinky switch just waves about in the wind. I think its taken a knock maybe. Anyone know where I could get a replacement part? Thanks in advance, J. Rig: Home Built, water cooled,i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz, ASUS P8P67Pro Mobo, 8GB Patriot Viper 2 Sector 5 RAM, MSI Nvidia GTX970 4GB Gaming OC, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Boot, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Games (BS & WH), Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB other, Samsung UE37D5000 37" LED TV,EloTouch 1600x1200 secondary, Thrustmaster Warthog No.467, Thrustmaster MFD, Saitek Pro Pedals, Track IR4 with Track Clip Pro. Ex RAF Aircrew, Real Life Pilot, proud Geek and father of one :)
MTFDarkEagle Posted December 24, 2011 Posted December 24, 2011 J, Sad to hear it's broken. I think it's best you contact Thrustmaster directly. I don't think you can get replacement parts outside of TM. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
JaseGill Posted December 24, 2011 Author Posted December 24, 2011 Chhers MTF. hardly use pinky but a pain to lose it too so I will give them a shout. J. Rig: Home Built, water cooled,i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz, ASUS P8P67Pro Mobo, 8GB Patriot Viper 2 Sector 5 RAM, MSI Nvidia GTX970 4GB Gaming OC, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Boot, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Games (BS & WH), Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB other, Samsung UE37D5000 37" LED TV,EloTouch 1600x1200 secondary, Thrustmaster Warthog No.467, Thrustmaster MFD, Saitek Pro Pedals, Track IR4 with Track Clip Pro. Ex RAF Aircrew, Real Life Pilot, proud Geek and father of one :)
JaseGill Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 Good news all round. TM have emailed me back, very quickly to say that I can order a replacement Pinky Switch, to be replaced by me rather than send it off. All I need do is send my details and Serial Number. Very good support I thought. J. Rig: Home Built, water cooled,i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz, ASUS P8P67Pro Mobo, 8GB Patriot Viper 2 Sector 5 RAM, MSI Nvidia GTX970 4GB Gaming OC, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Boot, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Games (BS & WH), Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB other, Samsung UE37D5000 37" LED TV,EloTouch 1600x1200 secondary, Thrustmaster Warthog No.467, Thrustmaster MFD, Saitek Pro Pedals, Track IR4 with Track Clip Pro. Ex RAF Aircrew, Real Life Pilot, proud Geek and father of one :)
cichlidfan Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Good news all round. TM have emailed me back, very quickly to say that I can order a replacement Pinky Switch, to be replaced by me rather than send it off. All I need do is send my details and Serial Number. Very good support I thought. J. Good to know. If you don't mind, I would be curious how much the part costs from them when you have the info. I could live without a pinkie switch but it is one of those things I would have to get fixed, just 'cause it's the Warthog.;) 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:
JaseGill Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 Hi, Well its arrived today, 4 days after I managed to find my original receipt that was required as proof of purchase. very fast service I'd say and totally free (all I have to do is solder the wiring for it which is an easy job with a soldering iron and some cheap shrink wrap. In case anyone is wondering which switch manufacturer is used by Thrustmaster (I know some cockpit builders probably are) the pinky is this one: http://www.mhaoswitch.com/mhaoswitch.com/english/MS-102-F1.htm Rgds, J. Rig: Home Built, water cooled,i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz, ASUS P8P67Pro Mobo, 8GB Patriot Viper 2 Sector 5 RAM, MSI Nvidia GTX970 4GB Gaming OC, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Boot, 120GB OCZ Vertex 2e SSD Games (BS & WH), Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB other, Samsung UE37D5000 37" LED TV,EloTouch 1600x1200 secondary, Thrustmaster Warthog No.467, Thrustmaster MFD, Saitek Pro Pedals, Track IR4 with Track Clip Pro. Ex RAF Aircrew, Real Life Pilot, proud Geek and father of one :)
effte Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 :thumbup: Having owned pretty much every TM product from the PFCS and on, this is one of the reasons which make me stick with TM! A brief stint as a Saitek owner and never-ending problems and I was back. I still own various Saitek gear as well, mainly for civvie flying, but the TM stuff is what gives me the best value for the (substantial amount of) money. I was worried when Gullie.. Guillie... Guillemon.... that French company took over, but TM were allowed to keep up the high degree of customer support their price tags frankly call for. Writing this as a customer testimony, and to let the TM reps who are surely frequenting these forums know that it is worth the cost to keep it up. ;) ----- Introduction to UTM/MGRS - Trying to get your head around what trim is, how it works and how to use it? - DCS helos vs the real world.
FieroCDSP Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Having tried to get the pigtail wiring diagram for an X45 out of Saitek's tech-support (and failing miserably at it) I can appreciate TM doing this for a customer. Were I a manufacturer, I'd insist my tech guys provide a similar, self-applied, approach if the customer is capable and willing. No sense shipping a large, heavy box when you can mail a few $.50 switches in a $2.00 mailer. In this day and age of replaceable merchandise, I'll stick with a manufacturer that does more than just ship the product. BTW, my favorite places to get parts are Mouser.com (if you know exactly what you are looking for and can find it on their site) and MPJA.com (discount place. Plenty of regular switches, cheap but workable quality).
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