GuidoTorpedo
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So I got this Arctic thunder in. Worked when I picked it up, worked when I tested it at the shop prior to delivering it. Get it to the location, and it lasted a day before the steering started having issues. Initially, the force feedback was blowing the 2 fuses on the steering board. Brought out another steering board, and same thing. Changed the feedback motor, and the fuses don't blow, but the steering will not calibrate in the test mode. Because the steering will not calibrate, the game will not go into game over mode.
When I go through the calibration steps, the wheel will go hard right when prompted. It stays locked hard right, and fails the calibration mode. It does not center or left. The only way to stop the force from going to the right at this point is to either turn the game off or go into steering test, and prompt a controller left. It will stop, and actually go 'faintly' left as forced by the motor, but nowhere near as hard as the turn to the right. A center controls test also jerks the steering wheel right hard.
So... does anyone here know what the hell I'm dealing with? I've changed the motor steering board and the feedback motor with little change, and it still does not work. The only things I can think of at this point are: 1. THe HD took a poo, 2. Bad data cable between motor steering board and magic bus board, or 3. Bad steering pot. The weird thing here is when you go to controls test, the only values I'm getting for the throttle (which is also a pot) are 0 and 1, and the only values I'm getting for the steering are 0 (left), 1 (center), and 2 (right). After tearing apart the steering wheel a couple of times, I did notice a skinned wire coming from the throttle pot that may have come in contact with the steering case, which is field grounded.
That's all I can think of. Can anyone help? I'd hate to ahve to move this beast again.
-Mike
When I go through the calibration steps, the wheel will go hard right when prompted. It stays locked hard right, and fails the calibration mode. It does not center or left. The only way to stop the force from going to the right at this point is to either turn the game off or go into steering test, and prompt a controller left. It will stop, and actually go 'faintly' left as forced by the motor, but nowhere near as hard as the turn to the right. A center controls test also jerks the steering wheel right hard.
So... does anyone here know what the hell I'm dealing with? I've changed the motor steering board and the feedback motor with little change, and it still does not work. The only things I can think of at this point are: 1. THe HD took a poo, 2. Bad data cable between motor steering board and magic bus board, or 3. Bad steering pot. The weird thing here is when you go to controls test, the only values I'm getting for the throttle (which is also a pot) are 0 and 1, and the only values I'm getting for the steering are 0 (left), 1 (center), and 2 (right). After tearing apart the steering wheel a couple of times, I did notice a skinned wire coming from the throttle pot that may have come in contact with the steering case, which is field grounded.
That's all I can think of. Can anyone help? I'd hate to ahve to move this beast again.
-Mike