hey guys,
It has been a few years since I did maintenece on my Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals, the ones with the f16 like pedals… So I was wondering what would be a safe can of spray to clean the Rudder pedals with and what should I use to lube them up…
I just figured I would ask incase someone had some safe suggestions on the kind of stuff I could use to do the job… thank you.
For the pedals main body I only ever used compressed air cans.
If you are talking about the electronics that it depends a bit more on the type and location - but I use a contact cleaner with q-tips.
I have a blower but not sure if would be good enough to clean off my previously greased area? I will have to look up some kind of liguid spray cleaner of sorts.
What would I lube the pedals main body with or what did you use?
Uhm, never had to replace the grease.
Usually it’s not necessary unless you can hear stress in the moving parts…
Lithium grease would be good if it was only metal parts as it can accelerate the wear on plastic.
Google anything that can lubricate without damaging plastic.
Honestly I’ve never had to replace lubricant.
Just dust off with the blower… No need to strip clean them.
well I was thinking since the last time I cleaned it there was dirt and dust and whatnot inbeaded in the lubricant I should get something to stip that all of and relube it??
I will check some Google but I thought maybe someone here had a tried and true solution already…
Well I cleaned the bottom tray with Dawn dish soap and touced up the other parts with the wet rag I used to clean the tray part…
I had googled and found out petroleum based products are NO Good for Plastic. I did find something that was safe and worked with plastic.
Dielectric Grease. I checked the site I thing it was used for lubricatio ofPlastic parts as well as a sealer for electrical connectors and such…
The website I saw it on CRC Dielectric Grease said it does not contain Petroleum based and I think it is synthetic…
So now that it is all back together again the sliding is a tiny bit resistant but ev er so lightly resistive not probally as smooth as lithium grease but I think it is better like the way it is now as I do not have to adjust the resistance knob.
I am unsure how easy it will be to clean next time I do this but at least for know I know the plastic is safe from rot…
they had also metioned to maybe use PTFE Grease… I senn that and a few other listed but Iopted for the Dielectric Grease…
thank you for the help and hopefully this will work out long term…
Be very careful if/when you open these pedals up. There are some very fine piano wires inside that are prone to breaking.
When they shear off they’re almost impossible to reconnect. Mine failed due to light wear and tear only.
Yes I had already took this apart several years ago and remebered those wires from before… so the operation was a sucess and all is working…
Well after about a week or so I decided the Grease was not in the pedals best interest. I stripped it down again and degreased it real good.
I will just use some silicone spray to lube it up with. Right now there is a freem motion on the rudders travel in either direction and since it is plastic on plastic Silicone spray should be sufficient…
For these rudder pedals I think that will be the best option.