Taking apart G25 Pedals & Re-Mounting

After finishing the cockpit sanding I set about destroying dismantling my pedals. There are a number of screws on the bottom – they all need to be removed, the silver and also black ones. There are two small silver screws below the carpet gripper also. Next, you need to remove the fronts of the pedals with an allen key.  Once this is done the bottom will come out fairly easily, but the pedals will be loose and still have wires attached.  There are two screws holding the wires in place at the back of the pedal base, remove these and it will free them.

The rest of it is fairly simple. I decided to get rid of the clutch pedal totally, as I don’t ever use it. You need to remove the spade connectors (metal ends on the wires). They just push off with a screwdriver. I taped up the ends of the clutch pedal wires individually and then grouped them.  Next I needed to mark up the aluminium for where the pedals will go and also be drilled. There are two holes at the end that I will use to attach them to the base. The holes have a pre-drilled thread, so you will need threaded bolts that fit them.

I set the workbench up, got a straight-edged piece of wood and measured the distance between the wood and the blade. The wood was there as a guide, so I could just press against it and it would follow the line. I clamped both the aluminium and wood to the bench.  It’s better to let the jigsaw do the work, don’t push it, just let it cut through, otherwise it overheats the metal and makes it very hard to cut.

Once both edges were cut, I filed them to get them smooth and blunt.  Next was to drill the holes for the bolts. I used a HSS drillbit. It’s fairly easy to go through, just take it steady.  After this I used a countersink drillbit to finish it off.

After this, all I needed to do was screw the pedals into it. I tested it in game and its working nicely, so no problems! All there is left to do is to add some trunking for the wires – they are unprotected at the moment.

Extremely happy with the result, they feel solid and look extremely cool. Check out the pics!