June 22, 201411 yr I bought my Saitek Pro rudder in early 2012. Since I never found any problems with it, and they still work great, no spikes whatsoever, I wonder if there are any of you with experience in any sort of maintenance for that rudder set? Any suggestions? Thx a lot! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 23, 201411 yr I serviced mine a short while back, I did not service the pots as they are fine in my pedals. I used a high pressure Lithium based grease ( a high pressure Bearing grease ) as Lithium grease should be plastic safe. I brought a high pressure grease as i hope i wont need to open them for a few more years and i felt if i brought the white grease like they use it would shorten the time between the next service they need. While it did change the resistance of the pedals a little at first it seems to of settled down now and my pedals and nice and really smooth. I would recommend you take some pics with your phone etc. so you know the order in which it goes back together as i serviced the toe breaks movement as well this is the one i brought http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comma-BG2500G-Performance-Bearing-Grease/dp/B007WR38TY I would not use this on my yoke though ( i have the saitek cessna yoke ), i would buy a thinner compound for that for those thinking about servicing a yoke. I believe the Lithium grease is conductive so you will need to keep it off the pots and circuit boards in the pedals. -Paul-
June 23, 201411 yr Author Thx a lot Paul. I'll try to find one of those around here. Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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