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dkersten:

Last night was a bummer in so many ways.  First I went to install the longer shafts for my P3 and P4 sticks to match the P1 and P2 length and found I was sent the wrong shafts.  I verified this morning that it was their mistake, not mine, which is something of a relief as I thought maybe I ordered the wrong part. 

Then I was playing track and field and one of my buttons stuck!  I pulled it all apart and there isn't any burrs or anything in there, it is just a poor design and it is sticking.  I cleaned it and tweaked the spring a little to take up any slack, reinstalled and sure enough 3 minutes later it was stuck down again.  Between this and the fact that the switches are so loose that they can simply fall out sometimes, I am just not impressed with the quality.  But I have over $7 each into them now (electric ice II with RGB Drive 2 LED's) and replacing over $200 in buttons after only 3 weeks is not an option, so I will have to pull it apart again and maybe take some fine grit sandpaper to the edges and then use a little oil or something to keep it from jamming closed again..

At my first big party since the cab was finished, the top mounted restrictors on the U360's came out while my guests were playing - twice.  I like the idea of them, but in practice they aren't very "bulletproof"..

It is discouraging when things start failing this early.. Most if it is just working out the bugs and learning what things to avoid in the future, but most of this stuff has been out for years now, and the dealers are respected in the hobby, so I tend to expect better quality.

I DO have to give GGG credit for having great customer service.  I originally ordered my LED's set up for their controller, and when I figured out they had a special option to work better with other controllers, they were able to work out a deal with me to get them cross shipped.  And Andy at Ultimarc has been awesome in helping out with issues with the ipac uio.. Plus it turned out that I got stuff from London to Montana faster than I did from vendors in the states.  Impressive.

thomas_surles:

Ugh I know the feeling. The first time I showed off my cab to people it seemed like everything was going wrong.  I had buttons configured wrong or emulators not setup properly. My usb ports on the front shorted out. And my wife broke the joystick playing zookeeper to aggressively.

SavannahLion:

Don't use oil. It's not good for plastics. Check the "track" the button slides in, the part that prevents the button from popping out, as I had one that was warped ever so slightly. Just enough that when a bit of dirt gets in there it gets stuck.

If you feel you MUST use lubricant, use the type specifically made for plastics. I bought a small tube at Radio Shack and it's lasted me ten years. Doesn't take much to do the trick. The only draw back is you'll need to clean it once in a while because the dirt will get caught in the grease.

I can't help you with the rest as I haven't experienced the problems you describe

EMDB:

The (new) U360 octagonal restrictors are rock solid:

 

PL1:


--- Quote from: dkersten on July 09, 2014, 11:17:42 am ---Then I was playing track and field and one of my buttons stuck!  I pulled it all apart and there isn't any burrs or anything in there, it is just a poor design and it is sticking.

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One trick for sticky buttons is to pull out the plunger and turn it 180 degrees or swap plungers between buttons.

Sometimes one part is at the very upper end of the tolerance range and the other is at the very lower end of the tolerance range -- by turning/swapping the parts you may improve the fit.   :dunno


Scott

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