I went to a different forum and posted my issues. For some reason Fanatec has a community support person there to help people out. Anyways, this guy told me I should open the wheel up and see if I can fix the issue. From what he said if you speak with him or Fanatec they won't void your warranty when you open it up provided you talk to them.
Anyways, it was pretty straightforward to get the housing off. In order to do so you need to remove the wheel because of some little screw right behind it that acts as a little deterrent to not open the thing. The only major issue I had is that in order to get access to that screw you need to remove three other screws within the wheel. You need to remove the Porsche logo and remove the three screws by way of that super small hole. The screws are also glued in with some stuff so you really need to give 'er.
Once I yanked the wheel off I took off the case (P.S. if you do this you need a longer than normal 3mm Allan Key. They sell long ones at Canadian Tire) I tried my best to clean the inside up. Right from the factory everything looks decent. My whole issue was that when the fan came on and I pressed the brakes or got hit (i.e. any time the larger force feedback motor kicked in) I would get this buzzing sound. I deduced that it must me some wire that gets knocked into the fan during the shaking. I just bought a bunch of zip ties and did my best to move the wires away from the fans.
I haven't had any time to test, other than test the wheel to see if it still works but I'll keep you posted. If anyone has questions about opening the wheel let me know.
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