Disassembly is easy enough, the only part that is moderately difficult is trimming the shaft down to fit the new bearing.


http://www.briandorey.com/post/Steering-wheel-bearings-upgrade.aspx
http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/forums/thread/4596810.aspx

The difference after the bearing mod is like night and day, feels like a completely different wheel.

do that, and find some used G25/27 Pedals *if you dont already have them*, and use the Pinout to make a adapter to use the G2x Pedals

MS Wheel w/ G25 Pedals info:
http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/forums/2967686/ShowThread.aspx

Using RockBand Pedal for Clutch (I basically wired my G2x Clutch pedal the same way).
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=694648


I actually made "Leads" for every button on the wheel, so Every button has wires coming out of the back of the Wheel housing with connectors from radio shack on the ends, that way If i want to move my clutch pedal or seq. shifter setup from one button to another, I can just unclip and clip to a different set of leads (they are separated with tape and labeled.)

True, but if M$ is supporting them on this, then maybe customer service will be better.

BTW looks like there is a E3 FM4 presentation today at 5:20pm PT
http://games.ign.com/articles/117/1172302p1.html
Tuesday, June 7th

Nintendo Press Conference | 9:00am
Mass Effect 3 | 1:00pm
Battlefield 3 | 1:30pm
Batman: Arkham City | 2:00pm
Resistance 3 | 3:00pm
Starhawk | 3:20pm
Twisted Metal | 3:40pm
NGP Demos | 4:00pm
Journey | 4:20pm
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | 4:40pm
Gears of War 3 (Campaign) | 5:00pm
Forza Motorsports 4 | 5:20pm
Super Secret Remake | 5:40pm
Ms. 'Splosion Man | 6:00pm
Modern Warfare 3 | 6:30pm

It should be viewable live via:
http://www.ign.com/events/e3/2011/live-video

Hoping more info on the Fanatec wheel then... along with more juicy FM4 info.

Thanks, that looks simple enough. I think I'll give it a shot.

I'm pretty happy with the pedals, I've beefed up the springs, and mounted them more vertical. This should be a great improvement until I get a new one.

web site up...

http://www.forzamotorsport.net/

not intending to start a flamewar or anything similar but I thought Fanatec was caught short by supplies and quality of the GT2 in first batch at the new year but has since cleaned up their act with shorter waits and better QC? Of course, that does not mean we will not see the same cluster**** if this new wheel is in high demand! LOL

You and Mag both have a point. The QC of the wheels up to this point has had me worried, too worried to even consider dropping the coin on one.

However, if Fanatec now has financial backing from MS? That is another kettle of wahoo entirely. That changes the situation considerably.

Fanatec closed one of their manufacturing facilities because of DoA and failure rates linked back to that facility.

which also caused the 6-10 Month wait on Wheels.

Well, sounds like they tried to take care of business.

Not sure it's right to compare...yet... But ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Q6h_eGj-E&feature=youtube_gdata_player