• There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Server side Maintenance is done. We still have an update to the forum software to run but that one will have to wait for a better time.

HOTAS Cougar maintenance

Squiffy

Squiffy

Charter Member
Hi gang,

I am researching some maintenance on my Cougar to see about replacing the gimbals that are starting to wear. The grease disappeared a while ago when I was cleaning the pots and checking the springs. The new aftermarket parts are quite expensive. Anyone get parts from Guillemot? I could buy a Saitek system and a Logitec racing wheel and pedals for less than the parts.
 
OK 20 views so here's round 2...

If you own one, have you added grease or done any other maintenance?
 
Cheap but it helps. I just opened it up again, pulled out the cruddy masking tape that didnt' last a day. Cleaned it up, added three small pieces of, you guessed it, duct tape to each side of the "post" that sticks through the roll gimbal. :173go1: Then added the last gobs of white lithium, that I could scrape for the nozel of my dead grease can, to the post and slot that was wearing in the roll gimbal. It was pretty tight but eliminated most of the play beyond normal spring play. This had the added bonus of regreasing the once dry slide surface that was wearing in the first place. I'll test it tonight. Cost = $0, materials on hand. We can call this my Duct Tape Roll Bushings. I'll let you know how long it lasts or doesnt last.

:whistle:
 
Thanks Vogel. Love the DVIII but the cost is a little high right now. We'll see how it goes after the budget meetings.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top