Buying A Logitech G27 Steering Wheel In 2023 

Thank you so much, I hope you enjoy modding this old beast as much as I do!

Thank you for that and you're very welcome :)

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was this app Wheelcheck tô generate a CSV file? I used the lut generator too, the wheel just became Alive again. Bought it in 2014

@@Gustinelli Yes! Think that was it 👌

@@Gustinelli that's good to know, also don't forget to open those up and grease the plastic gears for even more smoothness. and if you add cooling fins to the little motors inside you will get slightly stronger FFB

you made my dayy sir! best comment ever!

yessir, I was stating mine are broken and stuck.

I appreciate the advice but bruv it's $4 for krazy glue vs $33 plus shipping for a brass encoder. That plastic ain't going to break because it's now reinforced with a steel washer and I modded the wheel for improved cooling with $16 cooling fins so the risk of the plastic encoder wheel heating up and breaking again is very low. Been playing since this video and no alignment issues have come up.

Both are solid ideas where did you get the brass encoder I’d like to see them both before I do the upgrade

I think i got the one that pops up in google when you type 'G27 brass encoder'. The one from Vietnam. It was around 5 years ago, no idea if you can still buy from him. It does not have to be brass. Any metal will be better than a thin plastic. I see aliexpress has one from stainless steel for 14 euros. I did the same thing you did @VVeedragon, with glue and steel washer, but i made a mess and was just doing it poorly. The glue also probably wasn't the best, because the encoder broke three more times, before i decided - enough is enough - i need a metal encoder 😂

@@Yankijs24 appreciate it I’ll check it out

@@Yankijs24 ahh yes it can be a bit annoying if you don't let the glue cure, you need to use fast drying super glue and you need to let it cure for like 24 hrs I believe. But yes it is messy, I always get my fingers stuck together when I do it. but yeah those brass encoders from vietnam look a helluva lot better than the steel ones you get from ebay :P

thanks man! it was worth it to not spend like $500 bucks on the newest g29

@@KalumYT CAD $479 msrp with shifter on Amazon in Canada. American Bundle deal with shifter is USD $330 msrp. which converts to CAD $450. So it's basically the same

how do I give 1000 likes to your comment? lol

Yeah true, the problem with these is the springs that hold them in place get stuck often making it annoying to remove later.

Far enough. I have mine on a dedicated rig so no need to remove them.

@@Zipdrive010 nice! I am too cheap to get one, but that could change soon.

There's nothing wrong with a cheap DIY wood rig. Pretty much any type of rig where you can leave all you gear attached is better than a desk.

@@Zipdrive010 Yeah true that, I've seen some epic wood rigs.

Yeah exactly, they tried to and it did crap all for cooling. I just cutout the holes and after that I can feel the heat coming out of those vents so clearly they should be there but they weren't

dang that's some crazy cooling mods, I hope you get the most out of it

thank you sir, if you are in Canada I can fix it for you :)

bro, you're fire!

Smart person you are :) especially in this economy lol

Where did u bought it

Sim racing is usually fine, it's the Drifting games that really beat up that optical encoder ;)

And i have a real car drifting wheel on my g27 to match my setup

like you changed the wheel to an aftermarket wheel? that's sick!@@TruckdriverJONTEZZ

​@@VVeedragonthanks😊

Nice, do you still have Logi G Hub installed? That's the source of all the issues, because G Hub conflicts with the older drivers of the G27 since it used the old g hub that they never really updated and supported since.

He’s Canadian different currency

yeah 200 cad is only about 150 usd or 116 gbp (i live in the uk) so it's quite a good deal.

@@VKBOSS2 yea I picked one up 3 days ago for 200 cad I love it so much but mine also came with a wooden stand and chair

@@Respecttyrone yeah i got mine today and im loving it

The encoder wheel likely degraded due to sitting for a long time in a place with dry warm air. Chemistry/material science reasons. Then when heated up again it embrittled and the shaft pressure broke it. I made a longer comment on the topic.

I for mine for 60€ in Spain. I will put the new Logitech logo and a red adhesive tape. 👌

yup

Wow, this is the first time I see anyone saying the T300 feels worse than G27. I am currently looking at the used G27s, T150s and T300, but the t300s are too pricy. And the 150 will become more expensive than G27, because I will need to buy the pedals and a shifter (even if they will be not too oricy)

yessir, my clamp is broken though so it will get stuck when I push it it.

people say that and I look at them and there is 2 tiny little slits. Trust me bro these don't do much if anything at all for cooling.

heh :D

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the G27 I am coming out with a full mod and repair vid it's just like 35 mins long so it's taking some time to edit and stuff. bruh, this is the max FOV I can get without weird clipping lol. I need a bigger monitor

@@VVeedragon guess what, my g27 was delivered yesterday, I'm having so much fun 😃 this wheel is awesome! I'll be waiting for the repair and mod vid, thanks bro!!

@@musicbykarma how the wheel after hours of use etc im planning on getting one on the 20th

@@Jayy_R2 hi bro, so, after a while I started to really dislike the g27 wheel because I practice drift and the g27 is simply too slow for advanced drifting... If you have the money, I advise you totally skip the gear-driven wheels and go straight for the belt-driven and direct drive ones. Personally I would recommend the Moza R5 wheel

@@musicbykarma i dont rlly have the money for that too expensive i know the g27 not the best but its still possible

it's likely your drivers you need to get the proper legacy drivers for this

dang dude, that bites :(

Hope this helps, it's the support download link for the logitech gaming software, the old one for this wheel. support.logi.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360025298053-Logitech-Gaming-Software

it can help by increasing thermal conductivity but it's not necessary

Most games will allow you to set up custom controls. I don't think you want to be paddle throttling and braking though, it's not going to work out well especially in more simulationy titles, as these controls are simple switches while you want continuous inputs, going too hard on either gas or brake will usually cause you to lose control. Worth a try though i would say. What i suggest is that you find someone in your region who is good at building things, someone with at least a little say model building or 3D printing background and minimal knowledge of electronics, and work out a custom control device. The pedals are electrically potentiometers and are on a simple connector that is easy to solder. You may be able to buy a broken Xbox360 pad (none other will work) for $5 and extract the trigger mechanism and special potentiometers from that, and mount them somewhere on the wheel where you can reach those triggers with your fingers at the back of the steering wheel. You can also find some other small-angle or short slide potentiometers and mount them on the front of the steering wheel to control them with your thumbs up or down. Maybe you can also adapt to push the pedal not with the ball of the foot but with the heel, might that work with your limitation? You just need to secure the pedal base against sliding somehow. I suggest also evaluating simpler wheels like Driving Force GT which MIGHT have lighter pedals. That aren't trying to be heavy and car-like, where the whole pedal base is more flimsy so it's not designed for all that much force. Good luck! OH OH WAIT A SECOND. I remembered something. There's this wheel, Logitech Driving Force WIRELESS. It's designed as a lap wheel rather than a desk attachment and isn't operated with pedals. Instead it has continuous paddle throttle/brake. It's more of a toy and less of a preferred simulation device, so it goes for very little money, less than $50 used, while its MSRP was only $100. It's for PS3 and PC. I don't know how good its compatibility with Windows 10/11 or new games is.

racing is way more intensive since you constantly use the motors, and its also the reason his optical encoder broke so quick

IMO, no. But if you like fixing stuff and making it better cause you are cheap then, yes :) I recommend the Logitech g920 wheel, it is basically the same inside but with better driver support

this is CAD $200 so $150 USD. it was mostly unused. But please show me a complete used set for $80 and I will buy it.

@@VVeedragon Mine was mostly unused for 100 € in France

@@Mr.Dumas1 thats a fucking steal bro i got mine for 150 and its beat up as hell and rusty but atleast it works

yeah sounds like your encoder is broken, go to ifixit.com and search up g27 steering wheel they have a nice how to guide to replace that. if you have any questions feel free to ask me through this comment.

same everything works for me except, throttle clutch and brake! we need help!!

my main purpose was to give you motion sickness. I won't do it in my next videos though lmaooo

You can get an aluminium bracket to replace a plastic one, it makes the unit more rigid and dampens a lot of the noise. There's a vid or two on YT if you search for it.

what games are you trying to play on? and is it simply not working at all?

I noticed the same problem today! Were you able to solve it?

@@toniniemetz9675 nope

do u even drift bro?

It’s a game, not IRL.

We can do crazy/dangerous things without dying or have to spend 1000 of bucks for tires in game.

hmm I am not sure what is going on with your clutch but it might be that it is simply broken. you would need to check with a voltmeter on the wire connections to see if there is a signal.

@@VVeedragon I have checked, and it is perfectly fine, in fact, I uninstalled logitech profiler and it is perfectly fine, works as intended, on every game. So, is that a profiler thing or what is going on exactly?

I don't see this anywhere in the manuals and I can't find any attachments that fit to those vents. Where did you find this?

@@VVeedragon oh damn so basically it's hard to say where but I saw a guy that found some third party attachments that fit the wheel but where u just gotta search I'll try to see if I find any I'll let you know 👍

Thanks! that would be cool! If that's true I can make fun of Logitech's design even more :)

I've seen some 3D printed add-ons for the G27 but nothing that attaches to the top vent holes of the wheel base. Interesting.

​@@VVeedragon hey sorry i couldnt find any but im sure at 100 % that u can find something like that

$100 usd? Damn dude that's frugal af buy. Check out my next vid later this week where I show how to mod and repair the G27 to improve your cooling and fix the Optical encoder.

@@VVeedragon sure will just picked it up and everything is working fine so far

Because this wheel can be purchased as a complete set for $200 CAD or less dollars. The fanatec base AND JUST THE BASE, is $500 CAD.

You can't, it's made for pc and older drivers

Jeah, Why not

I take that as the highest order of compliments

@@VVeedragon all samsung emojis look like shit

@@VVeedragon (no offense)

@@glovebox9000 none taken lol