One time racing on the tar (Evo game) someone put on chat 'you need to clean your pedals'.... then on the rbr replays i noticed my brake lights flickering and confirmed the spiking in the controller options (this was obviously probably a year ago, I am lazy)..
Googled cleaning the pedals, found a nice pic set of taking them apart:
http://thesimshop.com/g25_pot_guide.html
and off I went to the shed to clean em. There was a pile of debris in there, really bad. So pedals cleaned, spiking problems gone and I definately recommend giving it a go.
Took a couple of hours, cos I was having cups of coffee after every couple of screws and there are about 35 of the wee fella's. Could probably do it in 30 mins second time around.
You need contact cleaner (I just wd-40' them)/tiny star screw driver, small star screw driver, 11mm spanner, grease and pointy-nose pliers to straighten the push-lock washer that holds the gear on the potometer. I also needed a small paint brush and rags to clead the crap out with and a wheel-barrow to transport the rubbish.
Take all the sliver small screws out underneath (leave the 12 larger black ones until you have separated the pedal casings), dont miss the 2 under the carpet gripper! Then work from accelerator, brake, Clutch this is to allow access to the earth wire on the seperate pedal chassis's, take the pedals off in this order and unclip/screw the wires to the pots as you go (assemble in reverse).
Unscrew the damper/shock to the pedal to allow access to the pot. Prise off the push-lock washer that holds the gear (straighten it..carefully for assembly). Pull off the gear (pop off the spring). Unbolt the pot!
When you get the pots off (follow the pictures in the link above) give them a blow out with an air line (naturally I went manual on this and nearly fell over with the ensuing head-rush, Jonny laughed). There is a small ventilation gap on the side for access, you will see it when you take the pot off. I then wd-40 them, which I doubt is NOT reccomended..
Grease it all back up and assemble and there you go.
jc
(probably a better explaination on here, just thought I would pop it on here anyway)
Googled cleaning the pedals, found a nice pic set of taking them apart:
http://thesimshop.com/g25_pot_guide.html
and off I went to the shed to clean em. There was a pile of debris in there, really bad. So pedals cleaned, spiking problems gone and I definately recommend giving it a go.
Took a couple of hours, cos I was having cups of coffee after every couple of screws and there are about 35 of the wee fella's. Could probably do it in 30 mins second time around.
You need contact cleaner (I just wd-40' them)/tiny star screw driver, small star screw driver, 11mm spanner, grease and pointy-nose pliers to straighten the push-lock washer that holds the gear on the potometer. I also needed a small paint brush and rags to clead the crap out with and a wheel-barrow to transport the rubbish.
Take all the sliver small screws out underneath (leave the 12 larger black ones until you have separated the pedal casings), dont miss the 2 under the carpet gripper! Then work from accelerator, brake, Clutch this is to allow access to the earth wire on the seperate pedal chassis's, take the pedals off in this order and unclip/screw the wires to the pots as you go (assemble in reverse).
Unscrew the damper/shock to the pedal to allow access to the pot. Prise off the push-lock washer that holds the gear (straighten it..carefully for assembly). Pull off the gear (pop off the spring). Unbolt the pot!
When you get the pots off (follow the pictures in the link above) give them a blow out with an air line (naturally I went manual on this and nearly fell over with the ensuing head-rush, Jonny laughed). There is a small ventilation gap on the side for access, you will see it when you take the pot off. I then wd-40 them, which I doubt is NOT reccomended..
Grease it all back up and assemble and there you go.
jc
(probably a better explaination on here, just thought I would pop it on here anyway)