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Hi All
Long story ahead:
I have been scouring the net trying to find a replacement or any information, but its near impossible to find anything for the CSR Elite! its too old! i'm still using mine with a drive hub and it works great...until this past weekend. i was turning a corner in GT Sport, and all of a sudden i felt the wheel slip and then even though i was turning, the car went straight and hit the wall. Anyway i tried numerous times and even waited thinking it was overheated... but it seemed the calibration was off, and i wasn't able to re-calibrate it because the wheel would act weird on its own.
I opened the wheel up because warranty expired long ago! and i found that the gear at the end of the motor had slipped off the motor shaft enough... that it wasn't making contact with the calibration gear!! So i slipped the gear off further and took a look at it and low and behold a missing tooth! and cracked in half!! Thing is... this part is turning a freely spinning gear! so there is no force or friction!!! so i'm 100% sure this was broken on purchase
I tried crazy gluing the crack and seeing if i could find a replacement, but i really don't know what to search for.... its a 16 tooth, 11mm diameter gear with a 3mm hole ? when i slid the glued gear back on it was super tight and when it did slip on the crack re-emerged... so i just slipped it back on further up and made it connect with the calibration gear.
I tried the wheel again with the case open... and low and behold, works perfect! So my question is, can i purchase this gear from anywhere? i cant even contact Fanatec support - my wheel isnt even listed, and when i have contacted them in the past they just say they dont carry parts.
TLDR: calibration gear is broken, where can i purchase a new one from?
Thank you!
Spooks
Long story ahead:
I have been scouring the net trying to find a replacement or any information, but its near impossible to find anything for the CSR Elite! its too old! i'm still using mine with a drive hub and it works great...until this past weekend. i was turning a corner in GT Sport, and all of a sudden i felt the wheel slip and then even though i was turning, the car went straight and hit the wall. Anyway i tried numerous times and even waited thinking it was overheated... but it seemed the calibration was off, and i wasn't able to re-calibrate it because the wheel would act weird on its own.
I opened the wheel up because warranty expired long ago! and i found that the gear at the end of the motor had slipped off the motor shaft enough... that it wasn't making contact with the calibration gear!! So i slipped the gear off further and took a look at it and low and behold a missing tooth! and cracked in half!! Thing is... this part is turning a freely spinning gear! so there is no force or friction!!! so i'm 100% sure this was broken on purchase
I tried crazy gluing the crack and seeing if i could find a replacement, but i really don't know what to search for.... its a 16 tooth, 11mm diameter gear with a 3mm hole ? when i slid the glued gear back on it was super tight and when it did slip on the crack re-emerged... so i just slipped it back on further up and made it connect with the calibration gear.I tried the wheel again with the case open... and low and behold, works perfect! So my question is, can i purchase this gear from anywhere? i cant even contact Fanatec support - my wheel isnt even listed, and when i have contacted them in the past they just say they dont carry parts.
TLDR: calibration gear is broken, where can i purchase a new one from?
Thank you!
Spooks
