any chance at just a couple pictures with circles showing which pots are for which axes on the stick? I just need to figure out which one is for Yaw so I can try and repair/clean mine but can't find pictures or guide anywhere for what exactly I'm going to be looking for once I'm in there.

Not to be that guy, but I would say to just not use the dial? Unfortunately it's a pretty crummy design, but on my X52 Pro it has detents of some sort on that dial. They're poor and not very tactile, but they're there. Are they not present on the standard X52 or maybe you got a bad one? I'm an avid Elite player, and haven't found the need for more than one layout at any time as long as I wisely use the pinky trigger as a sort of control/command button to effectively double the number of inputs on the hotas, but if you really want multiple layouts you could always set up a keyboard macro to change it on the fly.

Agreed. I am having an issue with the Yaw Axis sensor, and had hoped this would at least help me to find out which sensor needs cleaned/repaired and how to get to it.