Wouldn't recommend these pedals too anyone , not happy with mine, the gas spring was almost bent in half like it was going too break some time soon, swapped spring with the clutch spring, was kinda stiff but has softened up alot. The break pedal has alot of movement from side too side which was excarberated by having the plate screwed too the left than centre. sorry if i'm off topic .
Hi mate, I pretty much done all the "simple" issues stuff, so the brake pedal problem you had, also it was wobbly so I researched, I opened the pedals literally whatever you can think of.
My first contact with Thrustmaster was to buy new Throttle springs, because I thought that I "broke" the spring, the pedal had almost to none resistance what so ever, but it happens that my spring got "bent" and with the spring being bent it had no resistance.
What you did, I absolutely did the same 100% and I had basically 0-100% tap clutch, because I can't control how much I press, I couldn't even kinda rest my foot on it, because the resistance was soo low on the bend spring that it had resistance only as much to bring the pedal back into normal position.
SO TO FIXING:
SPRINGS:
This is my way of how I fixed things, I purchased like 2 more Clutch springs ( already having 1 original as well, so I will have 3 in total, some for reserves ) and I swapped the Throttle and Clutch springs to be both "Clutch" springs, after now being probably a month + with double Clutch springs on both "Clutch + Throttle" pedal, I have absolutely no issue with resistance, you get used to it over time, but yes at the start as I drift for hours and hours my right foot got "sore" literally from the throttle control constantly, but I guarantee you that you will get used after like week and a half depends how much you drive on the sim.
WOBBLY BRAKE PEDAL:
There is no perfect fix for that due to it not having the same plastic cover on left and right, like the clutch and throttle pedal (only the new T-LCM's seem to have those I am lucky I guess), but I fixed mine and it honestly is not moving at all there is not give or wobble on the pedal.
How? Well I am pretty sure you know the "nut" that is under the brake pedal under the base of the pedals, you just have to turn them upside down and screw the nut on the middle and your Brake pedal will become very stiff and stable, just 1 tip tighten it, but don't over-tighten or how to say, just don't tighten it too much, you don't want to broke or bust something on the pedals.
The pedals really are great, I was bashing them a bit, because I was not sure what is causing the problem, but now I see my mistake as turning my Desk with 2 monitors into a complete mayhem of 3 27" inch monitors + base + handbrake + shifter + pedals + button box + usb hub + mouse + keyboard + headphones and some other usb ****, is sooo much electrical **** on the PC that things got so complicated.
EMI Kinda Fix:
I need at least 1 more month to guarantee, if I solved the problem and how I solved it.
But I can say this so far, my Air Conditioner cooling my room was a life saver, HEAT is cancer, I am pretty sure that HEAT was the biggest problem, also there are a few factors for me to consider, I have ferrite cored ALL my USB cables every usb cable you can think of has to be ferrited, if someone has this problem and tries to do the "elimination method" to figure out what is causing the EMI.
I also stopped driving with SHOES, I drive now with my socks only and it honestly is great, because I can feel the pedals a lot how much I've pushed the pedal and have superior control compared to my shoes, just the feeling is not there, because of the too much rubber anyways pointless info again sorry. So I don't know if the shoes cause any sort of friction that might potentially cause some crap or EMI this is complete shananingan from me I don't know, if that's possible or so, but is just theory was lazy to research about the shoes, but definitely have to, just to know its always good to know, but yea I will leave that there, I don't believe driving with shoes should be a problem, but still I need A LOT of testing to prove, if something and what is potentially contributing to all the EMI problem, "HEAT" is the biggest greatly (FOR ME) I say again FOR ME, because everyone's problem might be super specific depending on their setup grounding etc so many factors, but yea. Start 1 by 1 elimination method, you can start with grounding all your electrical outlet like using ferrite cores on all usb cables, lets say thats fix number 1, after that if that crap doesn't work, then go with cooling the room down with AC to drop to cold temperatures, if that doesn't work jump into another fix go without shoes and so on, until you test all the possible scenarios you never know, it's that damn complicated at least for me.
So my pedals now have even x2 ferrites ( 1 default original from Thrustmaster ) + 1 more from me, also the TS-XW base I put x2 ferrites as well ( 1 original + 1 extra from me ).
If double ferriting I put 1 ferrite core at the end and 1 at the start, but with like 5-6cm after the start and end away.
Basically put ferrite cores, I haven't used my Copper Tape at all, it was kinda useless purchase but who knows let it gather dust for now.
So first things first, my room was a literal "sauna" after 30-60 minutes of play this is from mainly my "PC" radiator because I ran the game with ultra graphics reshade and whatever damn mod for graphics you can think of, so yea max graphics fans go wild radiator goes max heat and room in no time becomes a sauna + wheel generates heat a fair amount and yea disaster, if there is no big ventilation in the room and so on, so in my case I needed to use Air Conditioner to cool the room down.
TSS Sparco Handbrake "Loose Handbrake" FIX:
I've opened last days the handbrake, because I got annoyed that now it had no resistance and there is a nut, that is on a bolt and is pushing a spring that is potentially your resistance right, so all you literally had to do is just to tighten the nut back and there you go, your spring will be tough again and happy days.
Now for literally simple dumb fixes, as I am not a technician or expert, I just don't trust any kind of service either it be Logitech cause they failed to fix the most simple **** I could fix but was lazy and sent it to them for warranty and they ****ed me over by refunding instead of giving me my wheel, so yea no Thrustmaster warranty no Logitech warranty except it is something serious that I can't do **** about.
If it's simple and basic I fix it and we gucci.
I really appreciate everyone in this community and threads and just the Sim Racing community at all, because everyone is so positive and helps and there is a lot of information I literally figured out how to fix most of the stuff from people that had this issue and explained it either on videos or forums.
And if someone is not already bored as hell to read this BIG ESSAY, I will be making some episodes on youtube kinda for all my simple fixes, so hopefully they will help back whoever searches it on youtube.
Slowly but surely I will post my fixes of wobbliness of pedals, of handbrake, rattling sound of my wheel, EMI in sort of Episodes, so yea if someone needs answers or help for super simple basic stuff and fixes feel free to tune in to the channel below.
Peace and sorry for the big essay to whoever reads it, but compared to the fact I spent weeks of digging forums and youtube and whatever info I can find on, the info I just shared will save you not hours, but DAYS.
