Paperboy drifting to the right

TheDrewster

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I put in a new steering pot a while back and after playing it for a while, I am finding that it keeps drifting to the right no matter if I calibrate it manually or not. It is still controllable, but very annoying. Any ideas?
 
Seems like this is quite common from what I've experienced and read here. Even with a new, tested working 5k pot, sometimes in the middle of a game, the calibration will get all screwy. IIRC, Jowseph mentioned this happens to him, too.
At the beginning of most delivery days, I sweep the handlebars to the extreme left and right before heading up the street to sort of "recalibrate" the controls. I'm not sure if it actually does anything, but it seems to improve the centering.
 
This happened to mine as well after installing a new pot. Although I haven't actually done it yet, I plan turning the pot gear where it syncs with the larger gear one tooth over. They talk about calibrating the pot this way in other Atari games (Star Wars, IIRC).
 
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