Initial D8 cab help! Force feedback broken

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Initial D8 cab help! Force feedback broken

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Hi guys,

I recently bought an ID8 arcade cab that worked fine for around a month, but one day the force feedback on the wheel suddenly stopped working.
It didn't happen during game though, it worked fine until I turned off the cabI and the next day it wouldn't work anymore.
During the boot up sequence I get no errors during wheel/pedals check, the wheel simply doesn't move anymore like it used to during the boot up.
I also checked the test menu and again I get no errors during force feedback check.
I also mention that the wheel itself does still work, but with no force feedback it's almost impossible to play the game.

I haven't tried to open the cab yet, cause I honestly don't know what to do and where to check, so I don't want to risk breaking something else :oops:

Any help or suggestion would be gladly welcome!

Thanks guys!
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No idea on ID8 but on the older games such as Rally 3 ect it had a FF board in the base somewhere under where the pedals would be & the steering wheel was belt driven off a motor controlled with a 5k pot so bes to check out all that stuff.
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Thanks Pete!

Do you have any idea on where I could find pics or diagrams that can help me locate the FF board?
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It's either next to the game board or where my arrow is pointing cab shown is Sonic but most of them use the same layout.
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Thanks Pete!

I’ll try to locate it in my cab and take some pics!
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Hi guys!
After a long busy period, I finally had the chance to look more into this issue and I think I isolated the problem in this communication board (not a pic of my actual one).
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Everything else (FFB board for example) seems to work fine and receive correct input.
Do you have any clue on where I can find spares? As far as I understand, every ID cab from 4 to 8 share the same components.

Thanks for help!
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Hi guys,

Still need help on this :cry:
I managed to buy some spare parts (motor board and I/O) from Yaton, but for now I only received the motor board and swapping it did not solve the problem.

BTW do you have hints on how to contact Yaton? I’ve been sending him emails but he seems to ignore me. I don’t think he’s a scammer, since I saw he’s pretty much known around here, but I need him to send one item I paid for…
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Never had an issue with yaton but I've not bought anything from him for a fair few years now.

There is a live chat on his website.

https://yatonarcade.com/
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Unfortunately, the live chat in more like a useless chatbot.
I only have this email address, but he keeps ignoring my mails:
jamesyaoplus@gmail.com

Do you guys know of any other way to reach him?

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Email him as a new customer using a different email to yours & see if he responds.