Fanatec CSW/CSR Elite Modders Thread *UPDATE February 2014*
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Hi all,
after 9 years of hard racing with Bühler motors the thin aluminum rim/plate broke
inside of my wheel. Bought a used CSR wheel as spare parts dispenser and on time
for the 24H of Nürburgring/Nordschleife it's ready for action again with a fancy
yellow stripe.
Motors still go strong - thanks again to eKretz for that bulletproof solution/mod.
I hope the other modders out there who are Bühler powered have the same experience
and fun - keep on racing!
after 9 years of hard racing with Bühler motors the thin aluminum rim/plate broke
inside of my wheel. Bought a used CSR wheel as spare parts dispenser and on time
for the 24H of Nürburgring/Nordschleife it's ready for action again with a fancy
yellow stripe.
Motors still go strong - thanks again to eKretz for that bulletproof solution/mod.
I hope the other modders out there who are Bühler powered have the same experience
and fun - keep on racing!
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trying to see if anyone has any help. I have an old CSR Elite that I got way back in the day. I got married and in the process of moving, the thing toppled over and cracked the housing for the wheel portion (the black casing right behind the wheel but before the cylinder attaching to the base. i think mostly cosmetic?). In trying to glue the broken pieces back on, the plastic on the wheel itself got contaminated and is very tacky/sticky (this is similar to or maybe it is, plasticizer migration). so.... does anyone have a line on the spare wheel and housing? This is assuming you bought an old CSR elite for other parts and find that you don't need those pieces in particular.
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Hi rokkon,
the tacky/sticky plastic parts can be cleaned with an old T-shirt and spirit. Just apply some spirit on the cloth and rub the tacky/sticky parts with it (it will need some time and endurance to get it nicely done), it does not matter if it is the housing or the wheel.
I have some steering wheel parts (steering wheel rim) left but unfortunately no housing parts.
The housing cover on the back guides the airflow, so it should be closed to ensure the best cooling - if there is just a crack/hole you can fix it with duck tape. I sealed the gap between the housing and the wheel base that way because my Bühler motors are a bit bigger than the standard ones and without sealing the gap air will come out and will not flow the way it should.
Where are you living? When transportation costs are not too high for you can send you some needed parts if you send me pictures from the parts you need.
Cheers,
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i live in the US (Texas). I'll give it a try cleaning using alcohol. I ran into the same problem of plasticizer migration on some other 3rd party controllers and a few card deck boxes. i attempted a cleaning on the deckboxes because they were cheap but was unsuccessful getting them satisfactorily clean. i may try harder on this, though. my bigger concern is whether the broken portion will hold up, but we'll see?
Update: I tried the alcohol on the sticky plastic parts and it seems to have improved it to the point where it's at least playable. It's not 100% there, but it's at least no longer so sticky that it wasn't use-able! Thanks for the tip!
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Hi rokkon,
good to hear that the alcohol/spirit cure worked! As said, it takes some time and work to get
it properly done - I had not the patience in the first run so I had to make it twice, disassembling
the wheel makes it easier to clean everything but it's timerobbing.
I am working actually on a real wheel and a button box which will be running via Arduino.
Still some steps to go but looks promising.
When I've completed this, my old, original wheel is vacant, so if you need the black plastic body
which contains the shifters and the wheel I could send them to you.
Otherwise if you are interested in building your own wheel, have a look on thingiverse
or other 3d printer file platforms, I printed my button box at a friend and so far it looks and feels good.
But be aware that, if you build your own wheel, you have to extract the pcb from your wheel and put it
in an extra/separate housing as you need the original electronics for setting up/calibrating the wheel
at startup.
Despite direct drive wheels are out some time, the CSR Elite with Bühler mod is still a very good wheel
in terms of force and accuracy - it's worth to play with it.
When my real wheel is ready I will post it here but here already a little spoiler and a picture of the plastic
housing you need:
good to hear that the alcohol/spirit cure worked! As said, it takes some time and work to get
it properly done - I had not the patience in the first run so I had to make it twice, disassembling
the wheel makes it easier to clean everything but it's timerobbing.
I am working actually on a real wheel and a button box which will be running via Arduino.
Still some steps to go but looks promising.
When I've completed this, my old, original wheel is vacant, so if you need the black plastic body
which contains the shifters and the wheel I could send them to you.
Otherwise if you are interested in building your own wheel, have a look on thingiverse
or other 3d printer file platforms, I printed my button box at a friend and so far it looks and feels good.
But be aware that, if you build your own wheel, you have to extract the pcb from your wheel and put it
in an extra/separate housing as you need the original electronics for setting up/calibrating the wheel
at startup.
Despite direct drive wheels are out some time, the CSR Elite with Bühler mod is still a very good wheel
in terms of force and accuracy - it's worth to play with it.
When my real wheel is ready I will post it here but here already a little spoiler and a picture of the plastic
housing you need:
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that is very cool. I might consider doing something similar. for a long time, I had ideas on projects I wanted to do but put them off after getting married and moving. but, in the process of cleaning up the room that has had my current setup, i started going through everything and will eventually start to look at projects for fun. this might be a good one to tackle eventually. my older projects involved some custom pcbs and arcade fightsticks, so working with pcb's doesn't bother me any. it all comes down to time and enjoyment.
