Dismantling Thrustmaster Warthog throttle

Hi Guys,

recently bought a used Thrustmaster Warthog and the coolie switch on the front of the right hand throttle is defective. Have already received a spare from Thrustmaster, and would like to know if anybody can give me any tips on dismantling the throttle unit in order to replace the coolie hat...seems that plenty of people have dismantled the stick, but i cant find any info on the throttle anywhere..:helpsmilie:

Looking at it id say, try to take off the screews in bettween the throtles (on the right one only obviously :) ) and also the little screew in front of the Mic switch. See if that allows you to open the right throtle without having to removi it from the base. I'm thinking that maybe the back cover (the curve part where your palm rests may come off.

Cheers mate, could open it that way. However, my problem was not solved. I connected the new coolie hat to the opened throttle to see if all was then good before dismantling the whole unit. The same failure occured with the new component.

The coolie hat only reacts to an upward movement. Any movement to the left or right or downwards will not register. Has anybody got an idea what the cause could be??

I have had the Same problem, it was a broken cable Connection to one of the switches. Resoldering was the Solution.

Yes, that was my first thought too, but i connected a brand new coolie hat i had just received from Thrustmaster and i still have the same problem...:mad:

Both sides of each throttle come off once the screws are out, however you may find the coolie hat is glued in with hot melt glue or it could just be a simple nut and washer that unscrews.

I have had the left throttle apart because my wife picked up the throttle during her dusting even though she is under strict instructions not to touch my desk or anything on it.

Bless her she didn't realise how heavy it was picking it up one handed and lost her grip and dropped it on the floor which subsequently broke the little pinkie switch on the side.

Fortuitously it didn't actually break i opened up the throttle from both sides unscrewed the switch prised it open and the pole inside had bent ever so slightly causing the switch to become jammed, straightened it out and all working again.

So in answer to your question yes you can and theres quite a bit of room inside both of them depending on the size of your fingers take pictures to as you go along so you have a reference to go back to incase you forget what goes where.

Jay, i managed to open the throttle without any problems.

Thing is, i connected a brand new Coolie hat just received from Thrustmaster and the Problem still persists, it has not gone away...

I have no idea what it could be. Coolie hat up is fine, any other direction is not registered ...

Anybody have an idea?

Open up the bottom and check the connections to the boards. Could be a wire or connection broken loose.

How does the coolie hat connect inside the throttle does it plug in or did you have to solder it, it haven't personally opened up that side.

The wires must run down the shaft of the throttle to the base so like albell67 said check the base for broken contacts as the throttle gets pulled and pushed there may not be enough slack in the wires from day dot and perhaps one or two of them have stretched and snapped or even been pulled from their points.

Or if theres a plug to the board at the base end it may have worked lose.

Also they have changed the wiring configuration of these through different productions.

Sorry for the late reply but i have been flying.

resend back to thrustmaster if still under warranty.

tell me how many wires are connected to this 8 way switch. I'm a secondary school robotics teacher and I have to teach students how to diagnose this kind of issue on a regular basis.

John

tell me how many wires are connected to this 8 way switch. I'm a secondary school robotics teacher and I have to teach students how to diagnose this kind of issue on a regular basis.

John

OT.

I was born too soon. ;)

OT.

 

I was born too soon. ;)

We both were. I'd like to wake up in 100 years from now. what an adventure that would be...

Look for extra solder under the connectors for the wires. Mine was shorting the switches in the right throttle like that straight out of the factory.

What you need to do basically is A) check that all the wires have a connection between the coolie hat and the right throttle board.

B) check the same for the harness that goes from right throttle board to the throttle main board

C) check for extra solder under the connectors for the above.

if all this fails, you have a burned IO chip somewhere or bad soldering not making a contact.

Like several people have stated. If the new collie is also not working the problem is down below. It may be soldering or pinched wires you'll have to check for this. I would recomend a multimeter.

tell me how many wires are connected to this 8 way switch. I'm a secondary school robotics teacher and I have to teach students how to diagnose this kind of issue on a regular basis.

John

If you look at the pic I posted above, it's the left-most switch, I count 7 wires.

For what it's worth, I had a coolie switch that wouldn't register up.  Turns out, it was a broken trace, scratched by a screw when I was re-assembling after a mod.  I'm like a bull in a china shop sometimes.  If you're like me, look at the board near the big screws that hold the sections together and see if there's damage.  Managed to reconnect the trace with a thin wire, scraping the resist back a little on each side, and some careful soldering.  Used flux and a fine tip.