Here we have the latest Xbox Series X controller which I purchased faulty from eBay. The left analog stick has been forced down and is stuck. Let's fix it!
who else was nodding their head when he mentioned boiling water ...... pressed plastics have a memory , so boiling water would almost certainly spring it back to its pressed state good fix....
I absolutely love these videos,i like to watch them in the morning before school so i can wake up my brain and feel ready to learn Love the channel please keep it up Love from SA
Good job, Vince! Many plastic parts exhibit this sort of "memory" of their original molded shape, which is quite useful. I've seen it done on plastic car bumpers and it almost seems like magic how well it works.
Vince this video was so useful, not only did you explain how to fix the stick problem but you also explained why every time I try to screw a joycon back together the screws thread! screw left until it clicks, thank you!
@@solveit1304 I would start with a slightly lower temp like 60-80C though. I found that some plastics actually start to quickly deform and almost 'melt' at 100C.
Great fix vince great idea with the hot water i would have never thought of that your incredibly skilled and you inspire me alot keep up the amazing work
Just downloading your video to watch in the dentists. They don't have WiFi or 4G access for some reason so you get the honor of entertaining me today! (gonna download another of yours as I don't think an 8 minute video will be long enough for their waiting room haha).
thanks i was trying to figure out how easy it was to fix my dewseign labs controller as the corner of lower outer rubber part by the trigger was knocked loose. you showed me how easy it was and got me over the notion I might break it more
Hey Vince, Lovely video as always. Do you sell many of the products you fix and if so do you have an ebay shop? I'm sure a lot of your subscribers would buy with confidence if you list products. All the best to you and your family, Pete
I don't Pete, they might get filmed in other 'how to' videos, used by myself or sometimes given away to family/friends 👍 I do need to have a sort out at some stage as the house is getting taken over!
HELPFUL: You can literally pull the analog sticks straight out of their slots if you don't have access to a screwdriver/can't open the controller. I was literally able to flex the plastic and replace it all without opening the controller. Saved me $60.
When I opened mine, I was upset to find that the peg that holds the thumbstick down had snapped and got stuck inside, however, there was a small hole inside of this that I was able to stick a cut paperclip with some superglue on to fix it, it's working perfectly now. Thanks for showing how to take it apart!
Hello there, thanks to your content my dialysis of 4 hours every second day flew by. Especially i like the Tea Break Fix, quick and straight to the point. You are saving the enviroment from becoming landfills. Keep up the great work! Greetings from a phone technician.
Thanks CLC. The lights behind the monitor are built into it from the manufacturer BUT the lights around the desk were the same ones from the LED light strip video I did a few months ago. Let me know if you can't find it and I will post a link. They were the cheap ones from Amazon, still working fine though 👍 I did an Amazon affiliate link in the description of that video 😁
Fantastic! Had a controller with a slightly weird stick and aside from snapping one of the clips on the hand part of the controller, it was incredibly easy and works like a dream!
Vince, do you accept people sending in a broken device repairing it and returning it to the sender? Obviously they’d pay you to do so. But do you do this just wondering or do you always keep the device?
Hey Vince, do you do a teabreak intro for every item? It seems like you'll never know if something will take 10min or 10hrs to fix before you open it to investigate.
Hey 😁 I don't. Sometimes I get caught out on a harder fix, but on those ones I can edit the hell out of them to get the time down. So the gyro ball 'tea break fix' actually should have been a 'trying to fix' as it took a while, but with editing it worked out ok 👍👍
There are thermold plastics and thermoset plastics. One will retain a shape memory and can be coaxed back into shape by heating. Some take a permanent plastic deformation when heated. Can't remember which.
And to answer my own question (thanks google) this is likely a thermoset plastic. They are more rigid and not remoldable. Hence heating can reduce stress and return to it's set shape. Something like ABS can be remelted or reshaped with heat and has a less stable form but more flexibility.
Nice one! PS. The Screwing technics are the same for all bolts nuts and screews! Allways start to unscreew (be awear at left hand threads still used at todays cars) and then when you know start tightneing. day after the day i do tyre change from winter to summer tyres at customers cars ther at least one bolt/nut that has 2 or 3 threads. Nutgun can handel it but its nut ok after while...
Hi Vince. Great video. I have one which looked the same as this but the analog stick is actually broken. You said could be a 10 min fix but looks like I will have to remove the bottom panel, remove both boards and replace the whole analog mechanism from the board and solder a replacement. Is there an easy fix??
Turn screw anti clockwise until you hear a click then the screw won't strip and will follow the same path in, awesome tip, I stripped many screws u til I learned that gem! Liking vid
This video was very helpful my son broke his left joystick and didn't know what he did to it. But this video showed how to fix it I would definitely like and subscribe it
so i have a problem with my controller, the problem is in the right joystick top where it can move, theres a slight problem because you can easily move it a bit with a slight touch, while the left joystick takes a little bit more pressure for it to move. and also when i try to "pop" it out (when you lift the joystick up and it makes that pop sound) it doesnt make any noise as the left joystick. is there a problem with the joystick itself or underneath the top joystick? because im not sure if i need to replace the bottom joystick or not and i never soldered or desoldered anything in my young life, most likely from my rage problem but im weak so its not as bad.
I have a question where did you get the screwdriver I’ve been looking all over my house and I can’t find a screwdriver that small and if you would tell me it would really help
It’s a security screw you can get them off Amazon you could strip the little indent in middle so you just use a regular torque screw driver which is what I did but it won’t always come out the way you’d like
You’ve helped me fix my controller, but I have another controller that sticks when playing. It’ll zoom through the menu or character will walk on their own when playing. Not broken, but sticky. Would cleaning it fix that or is there a deeper issue needing fixed?
When the plastic piece of analog stick is taken off the joystick underneath, are the joysticks still supposed to stick to the top/bottom/sides? I removed the analog plastic piece and the joystick underneath is sticking but in the video you showed the same..
Recently broke my Xbox series X controller left joystick and looking into replace it. I'm looking into ordering joysticks from Amazon or Ebay but wasn't sure if there is a specific model for the series X controller.
My friend. Just pop out the loose joystick, and hold it hard to make an oval put I let back on the stick and use like a kitchen knife thats not sharp and push the stick forward as you fit the joystick over it and it will recenter it
How in the world do you find a listing like this and there's not some hidden problem that requires lots of time and/or money to fix. That's a good skill to have, finding easy-fix ebay listings.
Hello! I have a question! I bought a brand new xbox series x gamepad recently. I've never used gamepads from Microsoft before. It works fine but I noticed that sticks have some moves. If I pull a stick up it just slightly moves up, when I push it down it moves slightly down and then I can click on it as usual for sure. Is it fine to have such idle? That's really strange for me.
