Hey thanks for the great vid man. I just finished cleaning up some originals that I just bought. Unfortunately, the black gears are all worn out so ordered some replacement bits, will definitely come back to this clip once the parts arrive in case I get lost on the way out haha.
Hey, just a heads up. Isopropyl alcohol is known to be harmful to some plastics regarding their longevity. If you leave some plastics in alcohol, it will start to degrade within a few hours. Idk what these sticks are made from, but it might be safer to just use water with soap.
so I can do this clean/repair even if its very worn down, I see in some other videos that its created almost a powder like mass from the grinding of the plastics against eachother, at that point, isnt it ruined?
Sorry for the late reply. I haven't had to re-do it since this video. My personal controller that I did two years before I shot this video, 6 years ago, is still my main and it's still perfectly lubricated. So we are going on 8 years now without having to re-lube. My cousin and I play a lot of Mario Kart 64 battle mode on block fort so my controller is easily getting 5-10 hours of use per week!
I can’t open the screw to the joystick. I’m twisting in the right direction but I’m not entirely sure if I’m doing it right or if I’m just not strong enough
Oh no! If you're twisting counter-clockwise "to the left" and it's not coming out it may be stripped. If it is you'll have to use a thin trim tool, inserted in between the two parts of the housing, to apply pressure on the housing while unscrewing to get it open.
@@restore64nvm, I found a screwdriver that was both small enough to fit around it? And has magnetic ability so I managed to get it out. It works with most of my stripped screws too because of the magneticness
I tried to open one as a kid and I'll never forget the spring popping out and it went flying across the room I tried to put it back together but the joystick would just lay to the sides it had no flex 😂
Mate, I recently bought a n64 and it came with a controller and a bought another controller, both controller were in a bad state, I followed your instructions and wow that was a miracle happening right there, thank you for this, both controller feels and play amazing.
I bought a used N64 controller recently and it didn’t quite work right because of the analog stick. This video was easy to follow along with and instilled confidence in me that I could do a simple clean up of the controller. My $30 spent wasn’t wasted on a controller thanks to the clear guide and it’s fully functional. Thanks!
Mine dig not look like yours at all. But I simply cleaned inside ant put a little bit of silicone grease. And now min it’s as new. But I ordered new ones that supposedly should hold up better.
No, lubricating doesn't add volume back to the worn gears. Sometimes simply cleaning/rebuilding will make the stick feel better and retain whatever tightness is still left.
The joystick butter prevents internal parts from wearing. If they are already worn, or in your case damaged, you will feel that feedback in the stick regardless of what you use :(
I have two and just bought two more, i need to go through all of them however one of the one I bought has seen a lot of use and I am slightly worried that the mechanism is worn down to much as the amount of slop is somewhat concerning. Any chance that it could be salvageable? Also what alternatives are there to the “joystick butter?” To me it looks like lithium grease in a precise injector applicator. More restorations and cleanups of other n64 accessories would be nice but I don’t know your personal life so I’ll wait.
If it's gone, it's gone. Joystick Butter won't fix the missing plastic on the gears but if you have a tight stick Joystick Butter will prevent it from ever wearing out. If Nintendo had this stuff when they made these every controller would have perfectly tight sticks. Wouldn't that be something :/
@@restore64 k, thought as much, however will still be doing it to all my controllers no how bad they are as cash is tight at the moment, have a good day!
To this day I feel the n64 joystick is the most sensitive and accurate analog stick. More than ps3/ps4 and xbox360/one try playing perfect dark on n64 and then switch to the remaster. Aiming is so much harder on a 360 controller
Awesome video man. Great information and clear camera work. Well done. Need to do this on my controller as well. Just curious does this eliminate the "slop" that older N64 controller get or is that due to something breaking inside?
I've done this repair many times but I always come back to this video just to listen to while I clean these stick boxes, always good to go back and make sure you're doing it correctly
DUUUUUUDE! Thank you so much, I disassembled my yellow Pikachu one and couldn't assemble it back! And I was afraid of disassemble my other controller (I only have 2) and screw that one too! Lol But thanks to you, I just saved my Pikachu one! :D Subscribed! There's a little of drift and left is not that good but I don't care! It works again! Thanks! :D
