Thanks, this helped me resurrect my mouse. The plastic windows on the side of the wheel got dirty, and scrolling was no longer possible. Cleaned them with microfiber cloth + water & alcohol on a q-tip. Also cleaned both the emitter and the sensor. Wheel is now working again. Too bad I didn't find your video before buying a replacement.

I still have the first G502 lightspeed I got that had a defective wheel. This is making me want to take apart that and my old wired G502 and swap the wheels.

your videos are so relaxing dude, keep it up!

thanks for the in depth teardown. I'd been struggling to find all those hidden screws. I figured out what the problem was with the scroll wheel. It's optical. Optical! I'd been cleaning out the hair and grime through the top with an x-acto knife because that's the only thing that would fit, and it had scratched up the clear side the little sensor was on. No wonder.

is the G502 Hero scroll wheele interchangable with the new x plus?

I had 5 screws left over, but mouse works now 10/10. I hope whatever engineer designed this mouse has to figure out how to change the mouse wheel. Having to keep M1/M2 aligned while screwing in is....awful.

my wired on did the same thing! thanks for the vid!

I did this repair with the lightspeed and the new wheel (looks the same as yours) doesn't quite fit. I had to cut off the plastic ears on the replacement wheel. By that i mean the part that goes up above the axle. It was hitting the case of my mouse and constantly pressing the mouse wheel.

I’ll sell you mine for the low mouse wheel works but the left and right keybinds on the scroll wheel are super loose

What about the outher side buttons(the plastic that you click) is it replaceable? can it be bought anywhere?

Wow.. My power cable absolutely would not come out and I severed the tiny wires.. Now I have to find that connector piece, smh.

My mouse just randomly stopped working was fully charged and it doesn’t charge or run on I have the same mouse as you any fix

Can I switch the plastic scroll wheel in the G502 lightspeed with the metal scroll wheel from a regular wired g502?

where can i buy the scroll?

do you know how one might restore it so it doesnt double click and just stops holding mouse 1? it is really fucking annoying to drag a window and is just stops and double clicks and shit, i have tried to blow compressed air under it to try and blow out dust but nothing...

I was watching this video in the hopes it might cover my issue which is similar but not the wheel itself. In my case the button that toggles between click scroll and flywheel scroll stopped working and I need to figure out if this functionality can be restored. GOOGLE searches have been less than helpful however.