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I'm just a little surly, don't mind me. Last night I was playing around with my backup T500 (latest model) I got from Microcenter and noticed the little screw in the steering column didn't go in all the way. So I screwed it in further and was getting plastic shavings coming out. So I unscrewed it and saw I was screwing into the threading on the wheel column. So I tried putting on the wheel another ten times before I realized I didn't matter how much I spun the thread locker, it only started in one place. The morons drilled that hole in the wrong freaking place on the spinner column. Probably not an issue for a GT or GTE rim, but for an aftermarket adapter, you'd need that screw clamping down on the column to prevent the wheel from coming loose.
So when I finally do get around to using it, I'll have to send it into warranty or drill it in the right freaking spot. I feel like I'm constantly needing to do things to avoid warranty service, but these things in turn all void my warranty. So I'm just a little depressed how much cheap plastic is in this thing, and all the issues it's caused me over time.
Still love this wheel. And think it's best in class for the money, but boy, if there's somewhere they can cut costs, they find it. Thank goodness they lost their mind with that beautiful motor.
EDIT: Or maybe that screw doesn't go flush down on my first T500 base either (when using stock wheels). But with the DSD adapter, that screw sits at around 12:00 o'clock on the column and screws into the flat portion (so it screws all the way down). I'm not going to take my Momo off and recheck the GT wheel (to see if the screw is at 12:00 o'clock or at 4:30 like on the second). Because I had a bear of a time getting the DSD adapter to fit snugly onto my base and it seems to finally be locked in and doesn't unscrew itself. So I don't want to take it off to experiment.
Maybe this is why my DSD adapter struggles with keeping locked? When your guys wheel is auto-calibrated and centered, where is that screw on the wheel column? Is it at 12:00 o'clock (6 o'clock would also be at the flat part inside)? Or is it at something like 4:30 (so the screw is then going into the threaded portion). Maybe this is why I have issues keeping locked? Maybe it does need to screw into the threading. So confused now.
Like I said, I could try it myself by screwing my GTE wheel onto my main T500, but I so don't want to have to remount that wheel if it turns out the screw is at 12:00 o'clock on that base too. Either it's my DSD adapter that's the problem, or my second T500 had the screw drilled in the wrong place. I'm more open minded than when I started this post. LOL. Typing it made me question some things.
FINAL EDIT: Sorry guys, for this long post. So I looked at the GTE wheel and I can clearly see some screw scuffs at around 6:00 o'clock on my GTE rim. So it was in fact screwing into the flat part on my first wheel. Although at 6:00 o'clock instead of the 12:00 o'clock I get on the DSD adapter. So weird. And random. 4:30 seems like a terrible spot since it goes into the threading and can't go flush like at 6 or 12. On the other hand, it would definitely prevent any unthreading from happening (like how my DSD adapter likes to unscrew itself).
This post really is a disaster. Avoid reading unless you're really bored. Just deleted the following paragraphs because there's only one way to mount the wheel onto a base. Otherwise it won't auto calibrate centered. Gonna stop while I'm behind now. 4:30 is obviously wrong though.
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