Central MS FFB2 topic - repair, settings and mods

[Barman1942]

I recently bought a FFB2 off ebay and am using it with an X-52 throttle and Saitek pedals, but the stick is having some weird issues. It'll work normally the first time I run IL-2, but after a while the stick goes totally slack and only vibrates during stalls or weapon firing, but does not return to center. Sometimes when this happens pressing the main trigger will sharply center it, and while the trigger is pressed it seems like the force feedback is enabled, but it goes slack after depressed.

The stick will also sometimes work fine in Rise of Flight, but other times it will start to bounce when you pull it in any direction, like the sensors can't decide if it should center the stick or pull it in another direction. Is all this caused by driver issues, or did I just get a dud off ebay?