..I know some very fast people on keyboard..How about taking it apart if its in such bad shape and uuh, messin around with it and look for some broken wires or maybe a short? :\
That's good to know it is still under warranty. I was going to suggest if you were sure it was the actual motor, to see if there were numbers on it and visit an RC forum where they are very knowledgeable on small electric motors.
Hey mate, I ordered a steering which will arrive on next week, until then I'm using keyboard and guess what? I took the 2nd place over 19 peoples using steering wheels... You don't need a wheel to play Live For Speed mate
Ground RC uses quite large motors compared to our wheels (I think..) I was thinking more of RC airplane motors of which are typically around a 400-480 sized maximum. I have no idea what size motor is in FFB wheels. I think mine in the MOMO is quite small.
Looking at that site to see if there was anything about RC flight, I notice they have an STCC league, LOL. I didn't see what "STCC" stood for though doing a quick browse.