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The brake lever on my newly received MCG Pro has wobble to the left and right. Closer inspection revealed that this is due to a small gap (0,5 mm) between the Joystick shell and the Brake lever, allowing it to move left and rightwards, aswell as the lever not sitting all to tight on its (very short) axis. The joystick halves are properly screwed together, there is no gap between them. Wobble causes axis value change of 1000-2000 increments (of 2^16).

It is no big deal, when braking i will anyways press it to the left too (I have to set a deadzone though etc), however I would still like to know if this is normal and if there is anything I can do to mitigate it.

Doesn't seem normal to me. I just got my MCG Pro and there is no wobble.

Mine does this as well.. I've had to set the deadzone to about 10% ... You can actually get it to actuate by pushing (very slightly) the lever to the left (or perpendicular to the normal direction of motion).

kaschberle wrote:The brake lever on my newly received MCG Pro has wobble to the left and right. Closer inspection revealed that this is due to a small gap (0,5 mm) between the Joystick shell and the Brake lever

pretagonist wrote:Doesn't seem normal to me. I just got my MCG Pro and there is no wobble.

tephra wrote:Mine does this as well.. I've had to set the deadzone to about 10% ...

Guys in fact it is normal.
We thought how to reduce friction between the metal trigger and plastic case halves. Normally we would apply a drop of lubricant there, but due to the location (between the halves) the lubricant will soon be pressed out.
So we decided to make it a bit loose.
If it helps, you can increase the dead zone, as @tephra has done.
@pretagonist, as long as you feel comfortable it is fine. the point is that no friction should be felt between trigger itself and the case.

Thanks for the response, I am relieving it is normal and not a fault with my particular unit.

Any chance we can get this (the deadzone requirement) fixed in the next release of the grip?