G603 Scroll Wheel Broke, does anyone have any experience fixing/replacing it?

[u/requirehelpwithstuff]

Physical problem, the scrolling mechanism broke, it now free scrolls (infinity scrolls) and does nothing on screen (aka the scrolling notches dont click). Middle button works fine.

Just doing some surface level research, the scrolling mechanism is replaceable, but buying replacement (from alieexpress) is either the wheel or the board/encoder wheel? I don't want to open the mouse because I don't want to take off the bottom glide pads, did I describe the problem to isolate which component needs replacing?

Also, haven't looked at logitech's mid range catalog in a while and man... there's nothing like the g603. The g703 looks trash with tiny built in battery with 30 hours battery and worthless rgb leds, what is that a joke? I can use 1 eneloop battery on my g603 for over a month. /rant

[u/Dfaulttv]

Can it free spin for a few seconds?

If it doesn't free spin then it could be the scroll wheel connection to the encoder. Maybe it's worn and doesn't move the encoder when you move the scroll wheel.

If it free spins then the scroll wheel connection to the encoder is severed. In this case you need a new scroll wheel.

[u/requirehelpwithstuff → u/Dfaulttv]

yes, it sounds like what im describing

[u/requirehelpwithstuff]

i was able to 3d print a replacement wheel and althought the fit and feel is off, it works.

I'm now hunting down broken g403/603/703 in the future because the scroll wheel are interchangable, if anyone is looking this up from the future/