I've been debating whether or not to make my own handbrake for a while now. Well, I've finally gone through with it, and in fear of ruining my G25, I soldered onto a cheap 3rd party PS3 controller instead. I'm not the greatest handyman in the world, just so you know.
Now it's time to make a big decision: should I build my own handbrake, or buy a real one from a scrap yard? At the moment I have designs ready to build my own, but I'd rather not bring those up yet. I just want to know a few things about real handbrakes.
1.) What is the method used to transfer the handbrake motion into the electrical signal needed to trigger the O button?
2.) Does this method allow you to lift the handbrake, trigger the O button, and continue upwards in the range of motion? Or does it stop the handbrake's range of motion as soon as the O button is triggered?
3.) Will the handbrake have any kind of resistance to it, or must I add a spring somewhere?
4.) Will the button on the end of the handbrake (the one that you push in to start the motion) remain in working order?
5.) When I buy the handbrake, what should I be buying? Just the handle itself, or the entire center console, or something between? And how much should I pay for something like that?
It goes without saying that I am a noob at all of this. Thanks in advance for your patience with my ineptness.
Now it's time to make a big decision: should I build my own handbrake, or buy a real one from a scrap yard? At the moment I have designs ready to build my own, but I'd rather not bring those up yet. I just want to know a few things about real handbrakes.
1.) What is the method used to transfer the handbrake motion into the electrical signal needed to trigger the O button?
2.) Does this method allow you to lift the handbrake, trigger the O button, and continue upwards in the range of motion? Or does it stop the handbrake's range of motion as soon as the O button is triggered?
3.) Will the handbrake have any kind of resistance to it, or must I add a spring somewhere?
4.) Will the button on the end of the handbrake (the one that you push in to start the motion) remain in working order?
5.) When I buy the handbrake, what should I be buying? Just the handle itself, or the entire center console, or something between? And how much should I pay for something like that?
It goes without saying that I am a noob at all of this. Thanks in advance for your patience with my ineptness.
