KO Esprit 3 Universe Repair?

[Steveonamission]

Anyone know where I can send a KO Universe off to be repaired?

It isn't broken as such, the steering stick wobbles a little side to side before it moves the actual pot, it's a little annoying, other than that it's brand new.

Or could this be something I could do myself? Although it seems to be a pain to take apart. I was also told not to touch the 4 front screws around the sticks as the nuts inside will just fall off inside!

Appreciate any direction.

[jameswilkinson7]

Hi Steve.
I had the same problem with mine recently.

I took mine in bits and replaced the broken parts with parts from an old esprit 2 set that I have. It was fairly straight forward, the fiddlyest part was the spring! Just be sure to remember where all the parts go when you take it in bits!

[Steveonamission]

Thanks for the response James.

I've taken all the screws out of the back that I can see, but it still won't come apart? Is there any screws under the rubber panels at the back?

[jameswilkinson7]

Yep, that stumped me for a bit too. The rubber pads pull off and there is a screw under each side

[MattW]

Sounds like you may have broken the "drum" - and to my knowledge there hasn't been any of those available as spares for quite some time. I had also been told before though, that Esprit II parts could be used.

I broken the same part on my throttle stick over 2 years ago.

I could be wrong of course!!

[Naushad]

Send it off to Derek Baliey...he's the main man for KO servicing in the UK.

You can find his details on the forums if you perform a search.

[Steveonamission]

Thanks for your replies, i've emailed Derek from an email address from a thread I found (Thanks Naushad), waiting for his response now.

[Steveonamission]

And then I brave it and go and just fix it myself! Thanks James!

[jameswilkinson7]

Glad you got it sorted Steve.