Removing G27 Clutch for GT5 Use

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I'm going to do a redesign of my sim rig and pulled the clutch out of my G27 pedals to use while drawing the new rig. I taped the ends of the wires from the clutch so they won't touch, but now GT5 thinks I have my foot on the clutch all the time (i.e. permanent neutral). All I want is that the G27 outputs that the clutch is at neutral.

I measured the pot resistance on the pedal: at neutral the resistance is ~0.5k Ohms and at fully compressed is ~9k Ohms.

Can I simply put a 0.5k Ohm resistor between the red and green wires? Or do I also have to put a 10k Ohm across the red and black too?

The pedal will go back into the new rig, but I don't need it for now.
 
I was trying to avoid that as I don't want to remove the metal clip from the pot. They are tough to replace!
 
I don't think that there's a need for a resistor, you could just short the middle wire with the ground wire. Since all pots work on the same principle, it should work.
 
Thanks guys :) Short the red and green wires together and BINGO, GT5 is sweet.DON'T

And with the size of the wires, I don't think a 1 Amp fuse would do anything!

Edit: Don't short the wires, read the next post!
 
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A couple of weeks a go, I had the problem of the car shifting into neutral occasionally. Then I took the G27 to a friend's house and we had the problem repeatedly throughout the day... Each time we had to fiddle with the wires to get it to go back into gear again. I feared I had damaged my G27:scared:

When I got home, I dug through my bass stuff and found a scratchy tone pot I had removed from a Fender I had previously owned. With a multi-meter, I set the pot to 0.5k Ohms. The G27 wires plug straight on and Voila! Everything works fine now :) Over 1 week of hard use (the Nurburgring TT this week!) and not 1 missed shift.

CONCLUSION: Do not short the wires, you will need a pot (or equivalent resistances) in the wiring to avoid any long term issues.
 

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