Black Friday Shifter Not Shifting Correctly

Gavin JonesGavin Jones Member
in Fanatec Other

My setup is the Black Friday shifter offered November of 2019 with the USB standalone adapter. To start off this discussion, YES I have calibrated it in the Fanatec software, and YES I have mapped it in-game correctly.

I have had some mis-shifts in the beginning, every now and then and thought nothing of it. Now recently, it has been much worse. Worse to about 90% of the time it does not shift correctly and throws it into some random gear that I am clearly not in.

In the Fanatec software trying to see what the issue was, I tested it by shifting between 5th and 6th gears quickly and ONLY between those gears. The gears it registers? 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th. I used 5th and 6th as an example, but it has the same thing with every shift. Is there any way to fix this, or does this seem to be a defect? Note I have calibrated friends shifters before without issue.

I tried contacting support and I have not received a response to my struggles.

Comments

  • Joseph GossenJoseph Gossen Member, Moderator

    Hi Gavin,

    I assumed you have it plugged directly to the wheelbase? Can you verify that the resistance is not too loose. In the beginning I used to run it quite loose and would get mis shifts until I tightened it up.

    Also try some compressed air.

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