Back in late February I posted this video of a $10 brake mod for the stock Thrustmaster TX and or T300 RS pedal set. Just this week a new member of our forums, PTG Ty1er Ward posted some images of a Do It Yourself mod that he did for his TX pedal set, or specifically his brake pedal. Presenting the DIY Thrustmaster TX or T300 RC Shock Brake Mod.
His mod is for the Thrustmaster Tx 458 Italia pedal set but should work just as well for the T300 RS pedal set as well. Heck, I bet you could even do something like this to a Logitech DFGT set of pedals.
First up, is sourcing the RC shocks. I went to the website that distributes and or produces the Integy shock shown in the image above and found these which are identical to the ones Ty1er used.
Type II Alloy Shock for Axial AX10 Scorpion
Here’s the specs on them: Fully extended shock length (mount to mount) = 125mm; compressed length = 84mm
Price: $29.99 + $7.09 Shipping = $37.08
Another community member (PRKid) posted the same shocks but in blue that you can get from Amazon with free shipping for only $25.96.
Amazon – Integy C22884BLUE Type II Alloy Shock Axial AX10
The other thing that you will need to do is source some wood type screws from your local hardware store. He didn’t post the specs of those in his thread, but as you can see from this image, it’s what he used to attach them to his pedal set. I would either ask him in our forums what was used, or just take the shocks to the hardware store and look for a good match.
Actually it looks like he also used a sort of nylon bushing to attach the shocks to the base in this image. I’m sure you can source something like that at your local hardware store as well.
He was also asked about what weight shock oil he used and his response was that he didn’t use any and that you can adjust the spring tension on each shock with the “rotating green ring”. He followed up with this quote as well: “They have a nice crisp/precise feel still even after almost a year of heavy use”
So once again, our forums make for a great place to get DIY ideas for your rig and I’d like to thank PTG Ty1ler Ward for sharing this awesome idea with us. I may just try it out for myself like I did the Ashasha DIY mod and do a video of this one as well.
To check out Ty1lers original post, you can join in on the conversation in our forums HERE.
Wonder if something similar could work on T500 pedals
Not sure about the wood screws in plastic, maybe something more permanent like a nut plate and a screw, but it is still a great idea.
I agree, wood screws in plastic do seems just a temporary solution to me.
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Im Tyler’s team mate and he gave me this idea. Might be a better more permeant fixture (y)
Nice to see this featured, Works great and a fraction of a cost.
Hey trying to do this Mod it looks great, where did you get the brackets on either end of the shocks?
I have a tin of spares from my remote control cara. They work perfectly so was great.
Just trying to find some on ebay, do you know what they are called to narrow it down? Shock absorber bracket?
I’ve re-created this mod on my T300RS pedals, and quite honestly this does NOTHING. All this does, is add two very weak springs to the pedal.
The shock itself does NOT do anything. Without oil, its just springs on the outside and air inside, which does not give you any resistance or damping. The two springs that are mounted on the these shocks are VERY weak and are not progressive. Just not worth the money that these shocks cost..
The ONLY way to make this mod viable is to make a compression cylinder out of it. Right now inside these shocks, there are disks with small holes in them, that are connected to the rods. When you fill the shock with oil, and as the rod moves it moves that disk through the oil. The size and a number of holes dictate the dampening properties of the shock (as well as thickness of oil). Dampening does not do anything for the brake mod, if anything it might actually start to drag your brake pedal when you release it, with very thick oil. This is bad.
So the ONLY way to make this anything worthwhile is to close off those holes and put a small O-ring on that disk inside. What this will create is a pressurized cylinder when you close the shock.
Basically as you compress the shock, you will compress the air inside and THAT is what will give you a nice progressive feel. However you need to make that shock absolutely air tights inside. Both outer caps seem to have decent o-rings so no leaks there. However the inside tolerances are pretty bad. The inner disk has a gap between it and the walls of the shock. So even if you close of the holes on that disk, the air will still leak around it. So you need a small O-ring to put around that disk. This will require cutting a groove in the disk to fit that O-ring.
I think its doable, and will visit Home Depot to see what they have. I’ll update once I figure out how to do this.
Again, as of right now, and how this mod is described and implemented, it does NOTHING other than just add the two weak shock springs to the overall weight of your pedal.
I hope what I wrote makes some sense, its a bit hard to explain the inner-workings of the shock in words.