crazydave
10-10-2005, 09:03 PM
Here's a repost of something I just posted at bitPimps. Thought it may come in handy for someone here.
When I got my Epoch, I couldn't use the stock radio, because the steering trim did not have enough range to get it tracking straight.
I tried shaving off part of the knob to allow more adjustment, and that helped, but it still pulled to the left slightly. I shaved off more, but the pot had no more room for adjustment.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/albums/userpics/10007/epochtx1.jpg
So I thought maybe adding a resistor might help, when I noticed there was already a resistor that looked added on. So I clipped it, and I'll be damned, the car actually pulled to the right, and I had to adjust it left, to which I had plenty of room for adjustment.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/albums/userpics/10007/epochtx2.jpg
Now that it worked, I needed to work on the flimsy feel. So I put a screw in the back to secure the adjustable handle, and that helped quite a bit.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/albums/userpics/10007/epochtx3.jpg
Now I have no complaints with the controller. It actually has a fairly nice feel to the controls. :-o
And I also wanted to add, I'm wondering if maybe that resistor could have been intended for the throttle. I get slight adjustment to the reverse, but I can't get it moving forwards with the trim. Adding that restor to the throttle should, in theory balance it out. I'm gonna test it later.
When I got my Epoch, I couldn't use the stock radio, because the steering trim did not have enough range to get it tracking straight.
I tried shaving off part of the knob to allow more adjustment, and that helped, but it still pulled to the left slightly. I shaved off more, but the pot had no more room for adjustment.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/albums/userpics/10007/epochtx1.jpg
So I thought maybe adding a resistor might help, when I noticed there was already a resistor that looked added on. So I clipped it, and I'll be damned, the car actually pulled to the right, and I had to adjust it left, to which I had plenty of room for adjustment.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/albums/userpics/10007/epochtx2.jpg
Now that it worked, I needed to work on the flimsy feel. So I put a screw in the back to secure the adjustable handle, and that helped quite a bit.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/albums/userpics/10007/epochtx3.jpg
Now I have no complaints with the controller. It actually has a fairly nice feel to the controls. :-o
And I also wanted to add, I'm wondering if maybe that resistor could have been intended for the throttle. I get slight adjustment to the reverse, but I can't get it moving forwards with the trim. Adding that restor to the throttle should, in theory balance it out. I'm gonna test it later.