Logitech G29 DIY handbrake mod wiring guide: How to tap into the button pcb & wire it to L/R 2 or 3
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- **Sorry about the quality of the video - This is my first ever attempt and will know better next time. I hope it is still useful to people**
How to mod a G29 for a handbrake by tapping into the printed circuit board on the wheel and running wires through the neck and out the front of the base.
Also repairing the design flaw of the G29 where Logitech has the flimsiest wires from the wiring harness to an 8 pin connector which then connects to the PCB on the wheel. These tiny wires then twist every time the wheel rotates, causing them to wear and snap from the inside. *this info was prominent on the Logitech forums until they changed them so that you can no longer find anything!**
TO MAKE MY DIY HANDBRAKE (as seen at the end of the video)
**Sorry I didn't take pics/video of this process but the idea of a guide didn't occur to me until after it was finished (& I'm not about to pull it apart)**
Tools and supplies needed:
*Measuring ruler/tape
*A vice, hammer and angle grinder (to bend, shape and cut the metal bracket).
*Drill (for mounting the switch onto the bracket, the bracket to your handbrake - to your frame/cockpit).
*Small gauge wire long enough to reach from the wires protruding from your G29 to where your handbrake will be mounted.
*Soldering iron with solder plus heatshrink and wire cutters/strippers.
*This handbrake (basically the cheapest available from China): www.ebay.com.au...
* Metal sheeting from your local hardware - thin enough for you to bash into right angles with a hammer in the vice.
*A momentary switch that takes 2 wires (a button that will activate when it is pressed in and will then turn off automatically when it is released) - just ask at your local electronic parts store (I didn't buy mine online and thus have no link).
*Black spray can to make your metal bracket pretty (I also painted my red switch button black). I used auto acrylic gloss as it dries quickly and adheres fairly well to a scuffed, clean surface.
*Various Nuts and bolts to mount eveything (I used stainless steel M6 threads but whatever works).
*A male and female connector that take 2 wires (if you want to ever be able to detach the handbrake from your G29)
Basic instructions
1. Get Your handbrake 1st - no point gathering the other parts until you can see the approx sizes you'll need - then collect the other parts.
2. Approximately fit the h/brake into position and measure/mark where you will need to drill your mounting holes from the h/b to your cockpit.
3.Take your switch to the h/b and fit by eye below the handle so you can see where the button must be mounted when you fully pull the handle of the h/b down.
4.With your basic idea, take your sheet metal to the h/b to visualise the approx shape that you will need it bent and cut to in order to mount your button.
5. Now get to work at your vice with the metal and hammer, grinder until you have the right shape and cut down as you need until you are happy with it. - Keep fitting by eye until you're sure that you could mount the button onto it (don't drill any mounting holes for the button or bolts until you're confident it will work).
6. After you've finished with the bracket, mount it with the button on it and confirm that it works as intended, then dismantle it and paint parts as desired (I'm sure you can figure out the painting on your own).
7. Solder your 2 wires to the switch (one onto each point on the switch). Now you can confirm that your switch is okay by connecting the other ends of your wires to the ones out the front of your G29. Then fire up a game and test in the button config. options.
8. After you're sure it works, mount the male and female connectors to the wires from both the G29 and your handbrake (will likely involve soldering the connectors for durability).
10. Re-assemble, mount and use.
thanks for the clearest tutorial on the web so far. gunna give this a go on my xbox one version
Happy to help and thanks. Post back how you went with the G920 - I'm pretty sure it would work fine but it would be nice to have confirmation.
HJ Hooch on the xbox one version the PCB needs removing as the only soldering points for the padels are on the back of it.. appart from that.. all good!
Cool. Good to know and thanks bud.
Thank you for including directions and supplies list!
Also just another heads up: When you 'test' you will plug the power into the wheel and the G29 will perform its start-up sequence each time (the wheel will rotate...). Just be ready so the pcb/wheel doesn't get tangled.
Just an addit:
Make sure that your wires that will be fed through the G29 from the wheel are extra long as you will be feeding them through and testing it while the wheel is detached from the base - You will need the extra length to play with.
Nice work. Just done one myself using the same hb assembly as yourself, though mine is to a G920. I always searched for G920, didn't even cross my mind to search G29 or I would have seen this earlier. Did it differently in that I went off the PCB and the B button, (circle on G29).
Good job mate, getting the same handbrake tomorrow in the mail. I'll be using this video as my guide.
After doing this mod again for my Brother - without the frequent interruptions that I had the first time - I now have several refinements:
1. When removing the neck (which has the paddle shifters attached to it) you only have to remove the 3 larger inside screws (not all 7) which secure the unit to the base. Removing the other four screws allows the paddle shifters to come off which is unnecessary.
2. Do not apply the hot glue fix for the 8 pin connector until you have already re-assembled both the base cover and the neck, as it can be almost impossible to squeeze the hot glued, bulkier connector through the neck hole during re-assembly (I had to heat the glue back up with my solder to soften and re-shape it and then ended up pretty much re-doing the whole thing to tidy it back up after re-assembling the neck).
3. When removing the screws from underneath the base, you only have to do the ones around the outside to be able to detach the base cover (there were about 6 of them).
4. Be sure to solder the PCB of the wheel before you thread the wires through the base and also be sure to thread the wires through all of the:- neck - base cover (through its entry hole) - base - Otherwise you will end up doing what I did and have to cut the wire out of the base in order to be able to re-assemble and then solder the wires back together (major pain in the arse).
Otherwise I'm relatively happy with the guide here and I was able to do it in approx 45 minutes the second time (without rushing anything), even after having to do unnecessary soldering and re-hot gluing.
No hiccups/malfunctions in the operations of both mine & my Brothers' G29s. All worked 100% as intended straight away.
Good luck people.
HJ Hooch meeen, thank you so much, just did it, its fckn perfect! how can i show u my setup? i used an arcade joystick with a homemade base.
dirt rally+handbrake= awesome
u rock
Cool. Glad it helped. I also have a wheel change video coming. amstudio has a terrific one also. Check out his stuff
awesome video mate! I'm so doing this next weekend!
Just a heads up to anyone trying to do this mod.. do NOT use this video as a guide. It does NOT work. The solder points he used are for the menu button.. the paddle solder point are on the opposite side of the pcb, which also only work for pc. Anyone doing this for xbox one needs to use either x,y,a or b. Hope this helps someone out
I figured out how to do an analog handbrake setup for console. Ive been using for a couple days now and I'm loving the setup. I did this way first, but it wasn't good enough for me.
How did you do it
@@hectorkills1 an old pedal and a spare controller
@@indianabrookz7664 you have a video on it
I just made a easy USB HANDBRAKE, or it can be connected to the wheel like yours!
If you wire through the wheelbase (like my video here) it will work through the PS4 and/or PC
HJ Hooch will it work for Xbox one
@@qptrainwreck xbox one uses the Logitech g920, but the mod should be similar
Hi that is very helpful, i have done the same thing but with the controller, it worked but it was hard to make
thanks for the video. about to make one with a long handle handbrake
Vu Nguyen on the a or b buttons there's really really thin small soldering points it can be done but it's very scary it's easy to over hear them and ruin the mother board I did them to my rb paddle it's the easiest and safest just keeping it real I have vids on my UA-cam about it
champ mate, thanks so much for the video.
Wat een top video 👌
Wil er aan gaan beginnen maar zijn dit de l1 en r2 knop die jij hebt gesoldeerd dat houd me even tegen om er aan te beginnen.
you forget to mention, that use just a little amount of hot glue, its tight fit!
So the solder point closest to the paddle for the R button and the one above it is ground?
Can you do a video on the hand brake wiring. exactly how you connected the handbrake wires to the momentary switch that connects to the steering wheel pcb board wire.
If you have any insite please help, I want to relocate the paddle shifters is there anywhere on the board that can be soldered with wires?
Edit: You mention R3 is this the input for the paddles?
I know this video was posted a while ago, but did this end up working? You never posted an update vid. Im currently in the process of doing this mod, but the solder points you used seem to be for the start or select button. Ive seen another video of the handbrake being wired to the right or left paddle and they used 2 of the 3 solder points on the opposite side of the pcb. Please let me know, ive spent roughly a total of 12 hours in the past 4 days trying to figure out where to actually solder but there are so many videos that say to solder at different points. Thanks!
Will have to do this!
I guess you don't cancel the button on the steering wheel, they just work in parallel. is that right ?
how do u solder to a or b button I have g920 using it on xbox1 for forza
Hi Mike. Just came across this video. I have done exactly what you are asking, made mine for my G920 tapping off of the B button. Risky, but I was not going to do it for any other button. As you know, the 920 only has the paddles LB and RB, so if I used them then no paddle shift, and LSB/RSB which are the stick buttons, and no game maps handbrake to those buttons. So it was B or bust! Check out my video:
ua-cam.com/video/H-48q4PmYdw/v-deo.html
hello friend tried it myself and it all went well, but until I went to close the wheel is not closed because the cables to prevent it the cables is thick.... had to put very thin wires; plz help meeee
is there a wiring diagram i can get? id like to tap into the buttons behind the wheel, somewere in the base so the wires dont spin around. im sure the other end of the USB that plugs into the PC can be tapped, id like to tap into it there
Check out amstudio's video for how to change wheel's. Great stuff: ua-cam.com/video/zuyuqYL9Fe4/v-deo.html
Also check out amstudio's custom handbrake guide (will work with my wiring guide): ua-cam.com/video/NQaogjVaQek/v-deo.html
did someone did this already for a sequential shifter?
Principals the same just double the solder and wire and pick the apposing button on board to solder to for up gear. Map in game accordingly 👍
can you share how u did wiring on your handbrake
Is there any anti-tamper seals or stickers, I'm maybe going to replace the wire that could fail on certain models giving button problems, the model I have might not be affected but I may strengthen the 7 pin block connecter regardless with hot glue and purchase a replacement but I don't want to break any "tamper proof" seals as it's still under guarantee, if it can be opened without detection I will apply the modification, if not please let me know Thank-you, I will subscribe If you reply
Parte elettronica freno a mano?
Hey man how did you manage to activate the heat shrink wire, with it being so tight with the pcb?
Brendan J Brennan I used a heat gun and a bit of extra distance. If you don't have one, you could use a hair dryer (I wouldn't use a cigarette lighter here)
Can you make a tutorial how to swap the wheel
amstudio has done it. It's excellent: ua-cam.com/video/zuyuqYL9Fe4/v-deo.html
would this work on xbox one logitech steering wheel
Hi I want to instill a real car wheel do you have any advice think you for making this video it helpful
Yeah, check amstudio's stuff. He has done it and it looks great: ua-cam.com/video/zuyuqYL9Fe4/v-deo.html
Hey bud can you do this with the thrustmaster t300 rs
I saw a Slaptrain video where he shows off his T300 with handbrake mod which is the same principal as mine but for the Thrustmaster 300 wheels (links for the tutorial are in his vid). sorry I can't be more helpful. Search through his vids and you should find it. Good luck
I have the g920 and want to mod for the handbrake. I was going to solder it the the R2/L2 but after looking at comments on this video, it seems that you can't map out your buttons on the Assetto corsa game console version for Xbox one. when I play forza 4 or forza 6 the ebrake button is A for the Xbox 360 and for Xbox one on forza, which means that would be the X button for the Ps3/Ps4. you have any idea what solder points is for the X button/A button for the g29/g920? I know peppedik have a picture of it hooked up to the O button. can I get that picture?
I just looked up the configuration for the Assetto corsa xbox one and it's the B button for the ebrake so it would be the O button for the g29. what are the solder points for the O button?
thanks
my email is samuelvong90@gmail.com much appreciated
There is now a preset on Assetto Corsa where the handbrake is the L2 button on PS4. Just use that as it is very easy to do.
Do you think this will work for the G920 also i see another video on it, but it was so difficult to understand!!
I'm positive it will work for a G920. Iv'e seen a dismantling of one and it is 95% identical to the G29. The L/R buttons (triggers on XBOX) are in the same place on the PCB and and can be tapped into the exact same way. Good luck
Quick question is it the L/R Buttons i am soldering? i was just curious i thought it would be B or Circle Due to that button being the handbrake
The reason for L or R buttons is because you would have to really mess up badly to damage anything. The circle, square, triangle, x buttons don't have a direct solder point. Peppedik did it and had to tap into the printed circuit through a tiny port on the board (I don't feel confident in my ability to do that).
Do you have a twitter or such i can talk to you more about it, or a discord if possible?
the video should do the job for you but if you want any further info just post a question here and I'll be happy to help.
Assetto corsa doesn't have button mapping so this is no good... surely the wire has to run down through the servo base? If you could somehow find it elsewhere it would be a lot easier than this
The wire does run down through the servo base (did you actually watch/read it all?). It has to if you want to maintain PS4 compatability.
amstudio has figured out how to tap into O or X button (time index in his video: three mins 13 secs) ua-cam.com/video/zuyuqYL9Fe4/v-deo.html
This tutorial still applies for all other aspects (amstudio does not go into those details). Good luck
HJ Hooch no sorry I didn't watch til the end... I'll be able to find it but I thought I'd google it first. It wouldn't bother me but Assetto is the only game I have that doesn't have some sort of button mapping (I'm on xb1) thanks for the help
Yeah, I didn't buy the game on console for that reason (it's ridiculous that there is no mapping). The G920 & G29 are the exact same wheel - just less buttons on the G920. You will just have to use abrasive paper to expose the circuit on the PCB for X or O (B or A on XBox). Just take your time and be careful, then follow this guide for all other elements (amstudio also has a dismantling video which is helpful)
what kind of cable u used?
Small gauge wire (cannot remember what number) from an electronic store - approx 2-3 mm diameter. I cut it into 2 eual lengths, then heat shrinked over them both together to make them into one length.
do i need to use a specific type of wire
Any small gauge copper wire is fine. If you could get one that has two seperate wires inside it - even better as the two will need to be threaded through the small whole through the neck of the base (about 5mm diameter).
Helloo i have the g29, i can use the circle button to do this?
As per the video - It would be very risky as you would have to tap into a printed circuit on the board. That's why I chose the L/R 2 & 3 buttons. Almost no risk of damage as the solder points are already there for you to tap into (I really wanted to use the circle button also but it wasn't worth risking damage to the board). Just re-assign the buttons in any game's control configuration options.
+HJ Hooch on assetto corsa console i cant change the button
Yeah I haven't brought the game on PS4 for that reason (I have it on PC where all buttons are customisable). It's freaking ridiculous for a car game not to allow custom button inputs. I feel your pain mate.
+HJ Hooch ok i have tested on the Circuit board but doesnt Work, now i do the same of yours
+peppedik change the buttons in the Ps4 Options
hey man, do you live in melbourne?
Sydney
any chance I could send up my wheel and you make the mod for me, I will happily pay you :)
Sorry man, I don't want the responsibility - I'd be too worried about accidently damaging something or postage problems... It really is not that hard if you take your time. Have a go on your own and take it step by step following my video and additional notes here. The reason I put this video up is that It I honestly think that anyone could do it with a guide like this (I had no experience at all with soldering and still managed fine). Just look up a soldering tutorial and buy yourself a cheap solder (mine cost $20 from J-Car), wire strippers/cutters (you could just use a sharp knife & scissors) and a hair dryer or cigarette lighter will substitute for a heat gun for heat shrink (ask about the heatshrink and connectors in J Car) Good luck.
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thank you
I just use the clutch peddle for e brake lol
worked out great on my g29 check out my video
I will be trying this tomorrow thanks bro