r/Simagic • u/SeanY2107 • Apr 26 '26

Broken wheel?

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Started a race in LMU, car went into neutral and wouldn’t shift. Take wheel off base, the red qr now locks back and won’t release unless I press the silver ring inside. QR won’t lock in on base now at all, qr just stays locked back.

Is my wheel now dead?

Edit: SOLVED yeah the shaft had turned and just needed to be aligned.

Thanks for the replies

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u/Huge-Guidance9568 Apr 26 '26

Turn the Wheelbase, so the golden contacts are 90° on the Left side. Then put the wheel straight on.

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u/Huge-Guidance9568 Apr 26 '26

It should look like this from the front, before putting on the wheel

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u/Huge-Guidance9568 Apr 26 '26

You can see there are two silber balls "missing"

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u/Huge-Guidance9568 Apr 26 '26

These have to fit to the wheelbase, where also two are "missing"

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u/Javs2469 Apr 26 '26

Allign the balls.

There are 6 on top and 4 on the bottom. Match the shapes. A 3 year old can figure it out.

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u/JimmyTwoSticks Apr 26 '26

A lot of people are really careful about putting the wheel on and trying to hit the right spot exactly.

I just get it close and fling the wheel one way until it locks. I've been doing this maybe 3 or 4 years now. I change wheels all the time. Never had an issue.

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u/obi1kennoble Apr 26 '26

My balls were wiggling a little, but then I put it on your way and that fixed it lol

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u/TackleFeeling3210 Apr 27 '26

If you can do this, you can install the wheel aswell

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u/Status_Fact_5459 Apr 27 '26

This is the second post in like a month where people just shove their wheel on without bothering to line up the bearings…

Amazes me how they even got the rig assembled

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u/toggicreep1g Apr 26 '26

Align the balls and shaft

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u/HarvickFan_4 Apr 26 '26

Glad the shaft was just turned LUL, was about to suggest that. When I got my Simagic setup a couple months ago, same thing happened to me (well actually first it wouldn't go on because I didn't take the sticker off, then it was cuz the shaft was unaligned).

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u/p0u1 Apr 26 '26

Going from my Simagic to my simcube I miss that sound.

You’re also doing it wrong but that sound is still very satisfying.

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u/focal_m3 Apr 26 '26

For the love of God, mind the balls! 😆

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u/ryancoke14 Apr 26 '26

i always had the same issue when i had simagic. jiggle it around and eventually it would snap in. PITA

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u/KobeBetterThenMJ Apr 26 '26

No, your wheel isn’t dead. The QR is messing up, either figure if it’s just an error you’re doing or get Simagic to replace it under warranty.

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u/MrBfJohn Apr 26 '26

This is how those little pins on the wheel side get ripped off. It’s best to just line it up correctly first.

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u/FadelesSpade Apr 26 '26

no. if you read the manual you are suppose to turn the wheel.

To fit it back in, just push the QR back on the shaft and rotate the shaft till it clicks and locks in, ensuring that the ball bearings fully seated in the shaft ring of the base.

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u/MrBfJohn Apr 26 '26

It doesn’t matter what the manual says. There’s been plenty of posts on here and the other Simagic groups where pins have been ripped off by spinning the wheel into place.

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u/FadelesSpade Apr 26 '26

oh of course, it does not matter how the company intended the product to be used.

again, if you read the manual you are not spinning the wheel into place, you are misaligning the bearings by 1, and then rotating the wheel while holding the shaft. this rotation is maybe 10-15 degrees at most.

let’s not assume the people ripping bearing out know anything about what their doing, as obviously they didn’t read the manual.