Cleaning
Keeping your Xlerator wheel stand clean and looking good is very easy with the powder coating. I have had very good luck with common car wax. Scratches or nicks can usually be worked out with car rubbing compound then polished with car wax. Large scratches or nicks can be carefully taken down a little with very fine sandpaper. I would not use anything larger than 400 grit wet or dry sandpaper. You want to be careful not to get down to the metal. Then rub it hard for a while with rubbing compound and polish with car wax.
Tips
Holding the Pedals to Pedal Pan
The best way to hold the pedals to the pedal pan is to screw them to the pedal pan. Please refer to the Instructions tab for complete instructions on how to drill the pedal pan to hold the pedals to the pan with screws.
Logitech Wheels Coming Loose on Stand
The clamps on the Logitech Driving Force and G25/27 wheels have a tendancy to loosen up on any surface and require tightening frequently when driving hard. The logitech clamps just gets loose after racing hard for a while. Check the tightness often. An easy fix that will help wheel from coming loose is to put a 10" peice of 1" by 2" ferring strip (finished size is 3/4" x 1 1/2", fits perfect) under the ledge to make the opening bigger and more flexable. This seams to help the wheel stay tighter longer. The ferring strip can be purchased at any Home Depot for less than a dollar for an 8' peice. You can put a short flat head wood screw down through the hole in the ledge to hold it in place. Painting it black will help to blend in with stand. The extra thickness of the ferring strip and the softness of the wood gives the wheel a little help to stay tight on the ledge longer.
Lifting your stand up at the lap bar.
I have had several people tell me that white 1/2 " plastic PVC water pipe slides right in the ends of the 1" tubing on the stand. This opens up many possibilities for customizing your stand. If you have foam on your sofa or chair that is not very firm. The stand legs will sink into the foam making the lap bar/steering wheel drop to close to your legs. You can take the rubber tips off and slide some PVC pipe in the ends of the lap bar, cut it to the proper length, paint it black and put smaller rubber tips (probably 7/8") on the ends. This will give you the extra length you need on the lap bar to raise it up to the right height for you.
I have also had people use the PVC pipe to run extensions all the way to the floor to use the stand with office chairs or narrow gaming chairs.
Fatigue on long distance races
This is a real problem for most pedals with video game steering wheels. It is very important to keep your feet at a 90-degree angle to your legs as much as you can. Keeping your feet at this natural position will help with your calves, ankles and feet cramping. The angle of the pedal pan is adjustable up and down on the Xlerator Wheel Stand. The back of the pedal pan can be adjusted up 2-3-4 inches by pulling the pin out and putting it back in a different hole. Adjust the pan angle to get the best position for your feet. Down to far is like walking down hill, up to far is like walking up hill, your feet will get tired on long distance races. There are many different heights of chairs also. Most chairs run between 18 and 22 inches high at the front. This can change the angle of your ankles changing chairs. Also the way you sit has a lot to do with the angle. Some people like the more traditional style, sitting up like a pick-up truck, while others like the low laid back arms extended style like a sports car. You may have to experiment with different pedal angles and upright slider adjustment to get the right angle for you.
Making the stand fit shorter people or small children
If you can touch the floor from your chair or sofa the regular stand will usually work for about anyone. But have had parents wanting to get a stand for smaller children. If you drill some holes in the end of the pedal pan, you can screw a 2 by 4 or other piece of wood to the bottom of the pedal pan closest to your chair. Then adjust the pedal pan pin up on the higher adjustment holes. This will raise the pedals up so smaller children can use the stand. Then take the wood block off and drop down front adjustment as they grow.
Pedal pan scratching wood or tile floors
The pedal pan can scratch wooden or tile floors if it gets worn or sharp edges. To stop this from happening you can go to the hardware store and get little stick on nylon cabinet drawer sliders or stick on chair feet. Stick them to the bottom of the pedal pan on the corners where they make contact with the floor. This will help protect floors from being scratched.
Smell of Rubber tips
When unpacking your stand, the Chinese rubber tips do not smell very good. The smell goes away after a while. But if you would like to replace rubber tips they can be purchased at any hardware store. They are just 1" black rubber crutch tips, the Big Boy uses 7/8" on the lap bar extensions.
Wiring
To keep the wires up and out of the way of your driving, use black electrical tape, to tape wires to the underside of stand bars. You can loop up long wires so you just have what you need to drive. Please be careful and make sure there is enough wire when you tape them up for the pedal pan to be flipped up. Also if several drivers will be using the stand, you will need to make sure there is enough wire for adjustment without pulling on the wires. With enough clearance for adjustment and pedal flipping, you will not pull on the wires or pull them out of the wheel or pedals and damage the units.
 
Balancing the Stand with G25 and G27 Shifter Adapter
We were able to get 4 stick on wheel weights in the opposite side of the shifter in the lap bar tube. I bought a set of Mr. Gasket #1428 Stick on wheel weights at local auto parts store, but any of the stick on wheel weight bars will work. Pull the left rubber tip off lap bar and take the tape off all four weights and stack on top of each other stuck together then slide them in and stick to the inside of the lap bar tube. If it is too sticky rub the tape with your hand or something to make it less sticky and easier to slide in. Take the tape off one more and slide it in a gap on one of the open sides for a little more weight, if you buy two packs of weights. Then replace rubber tip. This is not enough weight to totally counter balance the shifter, but it made a really big differance and made the stand much more stable standing up with the G25-G27 shifter attached to the stand.
We do not reccommend using the Big Boy Stand for the G25-G27. The only way to counter balance the Big Boy is to pound lead into the end of the leg extention for weight. Also some stick on weights way up inside. I also recommend using the right inner shifter adapter, the shifter is easier to counter balance on the inner position. Please see the G25-G27 adapter page for more details of inner and outer G25-G27 shifter locations.
 
 
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