Problem with wheel centering

[tenchu2x]

Hi guys I do have a problem with a sega club cart and the wheel centering … I have a twin cab on Sega club cart and both of them have exactly the same problem.

so on start up the wheel it’s testing itself and resetting and finding the center but it will come to rest in the position which is not in the center but quite some way to the right, in the game itself does show because you cannot turn to the right completely and also when I center the wheel physically it is not centered in the game …however when I go in the Naomi test menu and then in the game test menu and test the input and testing the wheel it does the same procedure and then it works… it is centering perfectly after the procedure so obviously it is just the start up procedure that is failing for some reason… what can I do here? is there any setting on the Naomi itself any jumper whatever I can do to make this work?

Cheers Robert

 

[nem]

I have never owned a Club Kart, but if it's like other Sega games, it should be as easy as recentering the steering pot. Pull out the dash, undo the screw for the steering pot bracket, pull the bracket out, center the steering wheel, center the pot, push bracket back in.

 

[tenchu2x]

What exactly do you mean with the “steering pot bracket”? Cheers Robert

 

[nem]

It's a bracket that holds the steering pot. You'll understand when you pull out the dash.

 

[tenchu2x]

The fact that both units have exactly the same problem and the same off- centering Makes me more believe in a software thing. I found those volume settings in the test menu, which I thought first refer to speaker volume but it seems they are for adjusting the wheel too , I guess I will try that first

 

[nem]

Aha, yeah, I thought you had done that. Yes, do that first. If it's still off, then recenter the pot.

Both cabs might be returning to software defaults, because the batteries on the motherboard are dead. Check and replace if necessary.

Volume is a weird translation, but makes sense once you understand that the steering wheel turns a potentiometer, much like a volume pot on a stereo. Namco also use the same translation.