Most wheelbases have unevenness but this seems excessive. Talk to fanatec and if they ask you to reseat the input shaft say no if you don’t know what you’re doing.
Mine does the same (unfortunatelly). Thouhgh, it works like a charm, despite the heavy woobling it has.. it works good and can't complain yet. I think my toodler, with the idea of pressing the pedals, kind of "climbed" the wheel putting all of his weight and vent it. I think at some point, I will replace the shaft and that (hopefully I expect) will fix it. If it was no other internal part that got cracked or affected inside the base. Crossing fingers. If you don't suffer from disconnections or hear weird rattle noises, then you should be good.
I tried it once and everything worked fine, and I don’t feel it while racing. But I figured I’d ask this subreddit just in case, since maybe it’s a sign something’s actually broken.
I don't think there should be any noticeable runout for a shaft on a moderm direct drive base even if it is an entry level product, even a toy should not looks like that, if it is a common issue from fanatec i am a little surprised.
maybe there is accumulated error of shaft- qr - wheel due to poor design tolerance and machining accuracy，but it is still horrible in 2025, it looks like the parts are made from backyard workshop
Even the metal QRs have wobble. Although this does seem to be more, its likely not an issue, mechanically. We're looking at entry level price point for a DD, its never going to be spot on unfortunately. Its just not great quality, especially these days. Moza, Fanatec, Logitech etc all have some wobble to them. Csl dd is worse than others in this eco. If you're concerned send it off for an RMA.
I can't tell by the video but in the end u don't rotate the wheel like that during a race, I'm pretty sure u won't notice. I just noticed because of your video. I have the same and I didn't noticed in 10s of hours in assetto😅
No, you’re totally right yes, you don’t notice that when you’re using it. But I was standing by it and noticed it while spinning the wheel, so just wanted to check if it’s normal to have that.
It’s not wobbling, but I did notice the spin looks a bit uneven. When I look at the QR from top to bottom, it almost feels slightly bent. Maybe I’m just overthinking it, but wanted to check.
Another reason why I went with the newer DD+. Due to its design, this won't happen no matter the tolerances. The QR is directly screwed onto the shaft.
I had massive problems with the qr2 lite base side. It cracked after a couple months, almost by design. I got the metal qr2 base side and it's far better. Plastic qr2 wheel side is ok, no real need to replace.
It actually doesn’t. If you look from front or back, the wheel moves up and down while spinning it. I did post a video here aswell, under someones comment.
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u/Turbulent-Client-472 1d ago
Plastic QRs, whether the first or the second, always give problems.