Steering Wheel Plate Welding Support Upgrade (Dirrect drive wheel- High Tourque)

[chris]

Hello,

I like to sim race online and have gone from triple screen onwards to VR.

Wheel wise I have moved up from the G27 to the T500RS and I am now running a 130ST-M15015 (motor) based wheel. Direct drive wheels deliver a much better feel and the torque is enough that if set for high force feedback even a strong builder will start to feel it after a few laps.

I found that the bar support broke away from one side due to the demands of my wheel which looks like this.

I took myself off to a local welder, paid twice what he asked to weld it back and also gave him a big box of cholates.

I told him what it is, what I use it for and that I have a powerful motor (serious sim racing community run direct drive motors “DD motors”).

Dropped off at 13:30, back at 15:30.

The master Welder (guy has been welding since 1980) said the original welding was not the best for what I was trying to do. He pointed out that he kept all the holes clear, he also mentioned he used a bronze alloy welding process which he tried to explain to me just how sticky or strong it forms, apparently this type of Welding delivers a very strong finish because of the way the alloy reacts or mixes.

I threw an extra ten pounds in his top pocket and made my way home.

Guy did a good job by experience, he said any issue come back.

Going to give this a try and see how its strength feels,

• This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Obutto.

[mlw]

i uhh… have no comment on the quality of those welds… which leads me to have no comment on his claims of being a “master welder”. if it works, it don’t have to be pretty, i guess. might have to keep this in mind, as direct drive is on my upgrade list.

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