Logitech Momo repair?

I have a Logitech Momo Racing (black wheel with FF), and the left paddle
quit working. Is it possible to repair, or am I screwed?

I was running RBR at the time, and initially thought that the game had
modeled an equipment failure, so I soldiered on through the rest of the
stage stuck in 5th gear. <g>

....Ron

Had the same problem. I think it is a common failure. I don't think it is
repairable. NOW, I actually buy the extended warranty on steering
wheels....worked twice so far...


Kevin (aka tlgtr)
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"Zuben el Genubi" wrote...
>I have a Logitech Momo Racing (black wheel with FF), and
> the left paddle quit working. Is it possible to repair,
> or am I screwed?

Yeah, it can be repaired quite easily.

Clamp the wheel to your desk and remove the 6 internal wrenching screws from
the face plate and take it off. Warning: the wheelrim/paddle assemby is now
no longer attached to the base, so don't pull on it!

You will see two PCBs connected via connectors and wires that run down the
shaft. Undo the lefthand connector and remove the 3 screws holding the PCB
in place. Take out the PCB and turn it over. On the back you will find a
(faulty) microswitch, SW9. Replace it with a similar item from your local
electronic parts store (requires a soldering iron, some solder, some
desoldering braid and some isopropanol to clean up the joints afterward).

Re-assemble the wheel by inverting the steps above and continue enjoying a
great wheel.

Alternatively, bring it around to my place on Saturday and I'll fix it for
ya. ;-)

Jan.
=---

"TlgtrProd" wrote...
> Had the same problem. I think it is a common failure.

It's not that common in my experience. The most common failure in my
experience is one of the conductors in the wire running to the pedals and
the USB port going open circuit at the D-sub 25 connector (usually the +5V
one). Other failures include the pots (obviously) and the power supplies.

I've only seen switch failure once on the later model (in the sequential
stick-shift).

> I don't think it is repairable.

Any electronics hobbyist can repair PC wheels. It's usually just a bad wire
or a duff switch/pot. Experienced electronics hobbyists and TV repairmen can
repair the supplies.

> NOW, I actually buy the extended warranty on steering
> wheels....worked twice so far...

I like to mod mine (like putting in higher resolution pots and adding a
push-to-talk switch to them), which tends to void warranties. <g>

Jan.
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Jan Verschueren wrote:
> "Zuben el Genubi" wrote...
>
>>I have a Logitech Momo Racing (black wheel with FF), and
>>the left paddle quit working. Is it possible to repair,
>>or am I screwed?
>
>
> Yeah, it can be repaired quite easily.
>
> Clamp the wheel to your desk and remove the 6 internal wrenching screws from
> the face plate and take it off. Warning: the wheelrim/paddle assemby is now
> no longer attached to the base, so don't pull on it!
>
> You will see two PCBs connected via connectors and wires that run down the
> shaft. Undo the lefthand connector and remove the 3 screws holding the PCB
> in place. Take out the PCB and turn it over. On the back you will find a
> (faulty) microswitch, SW9. Replace it with a similar item from your local
> electronic parts store (requires a soldering iron, some solder, some
> desoldering braid and some isopropanol to clean up the joints afterward).
>
> Re-assemble the wheel by inverting the steps above and continue enjoying a
> great wheel.
>
> Alternatively, bring it around to my place on Saturday and I'll fix it for
> ya. ;-)
>
> Jan.
> =---
>
>

You could try sprayign some electronics cleaner in it, worked on my LWFF
back in the day

In article >,
"Jan Verschueren" > wrote:

> Yeah, it can be repaired quite easily.
>

Thanks very much, Jan, I will attempt the repair as you've described.
Luckily, my papa taught me how to solder many moons ago.

....Ron

Jan Verschueren wrote:
> It's not that common in my experience. The most common failure in my
> experience is one of the conductors in the wire running to the pedals
> and the USB port going open circuit at the D-sub 25 connector

Jan, he have the new black wheel, not the red one.


--
Jone Tytlandsvik
http://tytlandsvik.no

Zuben el Genubi wrote:
> I have a Logitech Momo Racing (black wheel with FF), and the left
> paddle quit working. Is it possible to repair, or am I screwed?
>

There is a flaw in the first wheels Logitech made. The microswitch for one
or both paddels tend to get loose. You can fix it by gluing the switches
back in their place. You'll find step by step instructions he

http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.p...ht=momo+paddle

Another possibility is to get a replacement wheel from Logitech. You will
get newer version where this won't happend. On the first version, the
paddles will fail sooner or later unless you glue them.

--
Jone Tytlandsvik
http://tytlandsvik.no

Jone Tytlandsvik wrote:

> Jan, he have the new black wheel, not the red one.

He have? It must be to early in the afternoon....

Zuben el Genubi wrote:
> I have a Logitech Momo Racing (black wheel with FF), and the left
> paddle quit working. Is it possible to repair, or am I screwed?
>
> I was running RBR at the time, and initially thought that the game had
> modeled an equipment failure, so I soldiered on through the rest of
> the stage stuck in 5th gear. <g>
>
> ...Ron

My brother had a very similar thing happen to him about 6 months or so ago.
He called Logitech, they admitted it was a problem, and sent him - at no
charge, a new wheel and pedal set - exact same one, and did not even want
the old one sent back.

Give them a call, you never know...


--
Don Burnette