Logitech G29 Driving Force Red Dial Replacement

Introduction

This guide will explain how to replace the red dial on the Logitech G29 wheel. If the dial is malfunctioning taking it apart could expose potential problems and viable fixes rather than throwing the entire device away. This process is not difficult and can be completed with little teardown.

What you need

Step 1 Red Dial

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Take off the 6 black hex screws holding the Playstation center cap using the H 4.0 bit. The outer diameter of these screws are 8.40mm with a length of 26mm.
Once the center cap is off, take the face of the wheel off the stand. Before totally taking off, disconnect the 7 pin white cable running into the base of the wheel and place base aside.

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Step 2

Remove wire connecting the PCB to the base of the wheel.

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Step 3

Take off the 7 4.32mm diameter 8mm long silver screws holding the PCB to the black housing on the wheel using bit J0.
Move the PCB to the side to expose the back side of the red dial. Keep the remaining white cable connected to the secondary PCB.
Be careful not to lose the buttons and D-pad because once the PCB was removed they can easily be lost.

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Step 4

Tool used on this step:

Tweezers

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Press in the 3 red tabs located on the inside black housing of the dial. Using the medium sized tweezers, the black center button was pushed out to reveal 3 small black screws.
Using the same bit as earlier, bit J00 remove the three 3.32mm diameter 5mm length screws to release the red dial.