Using Spinners for 1 & 2 player racing games - GGG Mini Racing Wheels?

[mimic]

heh, I didn't even realise that the knob is plastic. I always thought they're aluminum! Guess nothing for me! 

Btw can you tell me what size allen key I need to take that knob off. I got some cheapo set of allen keys and none fits, it seems like it should be somewhere between 2 & 2.5, as neither one of them works.

[RandyT]

I need a better description to tell.  If it's the blue one, or the Black or Red Rubber, it's a small flathead screwdriver.  If it's the black one with a white dot, or the "Black Dimple", it's a 5/64ths hex.

[mimic]

I need a better description to tell.  If it's the blue one, or the Black or Red Rubber, it's a small flathead screwdriver.  If it's the black one with a white dot, or the "Black Dimple", it's a 5/64ths hex.

Yeah that's the one with a white dot.
Hey also something to ponder on what I was talking about. If you would ever decide to go with wheel with the stud then there would be one less step to do, meaning removing of the knob itself and setting it somewhere aside, it would always be there.

[cmoses]

If anyone is interested, I thought I would put in an update on the "quick change knob" method I wrote about earlier.

It worked well with the special set screws I had here, so I got some plastic ones in.  It works fantastically!  Much more control than with the other screws.  Slides on and "pops" off (literally) so I will be including one of the screws with every wheel order from here out.

Also, if anyone who already has a wheel and a premium knob wants one of these screws, they can send me a self addressed, stamped envelope and I'll send them one right out.

RandyT

Randy,

Anyway you can post some pictures or diagrams that show this?  From the descritption I think I know what you are describeing. 

[RandyT]

Anyway you can post some pictures or diagrams that show this?  From the descritption I think I know what you are describeing. 

If I need to post a diagram, you are overthinking it

You simply place the knob on the shaft, lightly snug the plastic set screw so it grips, but can still be pulled off without excessive resistance.  This took me all of 15 seconds to do.

Once you do that, it will push on just as easily. 

RandyT

[Loafmeister]

Hmmm, I have the slikstik Tornado spinner (with the skirted knob).  Understanding the issue of the knob needing to be "tight", I still found when I loosened it, there was enough resistance to the point I still had to use some effort to remove it.  So with that in mind, maybe, just maybe it didn't need the screws to be tightened at all.

So on a whim, I decided to try using the spinner without the screws tightened and low and behold, it seemed to play identical.  So to anyone who has this spinner, is it necessary to tighten it?  Is the concern that over time, friction will ruin the inside of the knob and will make it too loose?  I tell you, without the screws, it's obviously a cinch to swap the knob for the wheel.

[TheShanMan]

I have a follow up question (Randy's plastic set screw solution really has me considering a switch to this spinner!). For those of you who have this steering wheel, what is the angle of the control panel mount? Mine has a slope of probably only 20 degrees, so I'm picturing a "bus driver steering wheel" type of setup rather than a normal car type of setup, and I wonder how happy I'd be with that. Anyone with that kind of a setup, and if so, does that kind of angle work OK for you?