Cruis'n USA Steering Wheel Motor Problem

poolshark021

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Hi all,
I recently bought a Cruis'n USA sit down arcade. It had a glitch in the steering pot, so I changed it today. The game plays fine now, but when I perform the steering wheel self test, it won't move left or right on its own. I checked the resistance of the motor, 10 ohms (I'm assuming that's OK, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't open). I measured DC volts on the connector from the driver board when performing the self test and get 0 volts. The board has 36VAC input, 5VDC input, and 12VDC output on the correct headers. Both steering wheel fuses are good. This is my first time getting into a board this far. Am I missing something obvious? Anyone have any tips for me?
TIA
 
If it's anything like Rush then I'll throw this out there - Did you go into the setup and reset the limits of the new steering pot and calibrate? Since you put a new pot in you will need to do this as it's probably still using the limit values of your old worn out pot.

Just an idea.
-Jigz
 
Yes I did that after changing the pot. I actually did it a couple times just to make sure the values were correct. Thanks!
 
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So, everything seems to work in game? Steering and force feedback? That is really strange!
 
From my understanding the cruis'n USA doesnt have force feedback, ie. won't jerk the wheel when you hit something. It's just there for resistance as you turn. The game steers fine, I just think the resistance is missing. You can feel the wheel 'clicking' as you turn it, like when entering initials or selecting vehicles. That part feels normal.
 
this might help, im not exactly understanding the problem, but, on my old Cruisn, I reset the steering by turning game off, perfectly center steering wheel, remove pcb battery, reinstall pcb battery, and turn game back on. This resets wheel to center, as long as you have wheel centered when you turn it back on. You will need to hit the test button upon restarting game after reinstalling the pcb battery. It will tell you to do that when it boots up. Good luck
 
Ok I will give that a shot. To clarify my problem, when running the steering wheel motor self test, the motor won't turn the wheel all the way left and right like it should. It won't turn it at all.
 
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