How to replace two faulty Xbox one analog sticks the easy way! 

Thanks! I'm glad you think so!

@@Solder_king you’re welcome and I’ve been looking for a few hours lol and seen this one and saved it

same here, I bought 5 pairs of switches for my controllers (I have 4 controllers at home that need care, the 5th is to have 1 spare) and also 5 bumpers/trigger sets.. hopefully that's all I need. All in all tho, it is still cheaper than buying 1 controller even, but to be honest I'm worried about the soldering and worrying if you have to calibrate it later on as I'm seeing in other videos

RB would be the easiest to start with since it's just pull and replace the tactile switch but definitely need solder wick or solder sucker to clear the holes out properly.

wait so how do you calibrate then if they are still drifting?

@@MGrey-qb5xz there are videos showing how to calibrate. Look for them.

Had a buddy of mine teach me to solder and it's not as complicated as I thought

That's kinda difficult too. I was hoping I just had to put it in rice.

lol, I just bought a whole lot of switches on wish and now I'm thinking I should rather just take it to the repair shop

Thanks! I keep my iron normally at 420 for most work. Always apply fresh solder to the joint you want to wick up and make sure your wick is sealed and covered when not in use to prevent it from oxidizing.

I had my iron set at 375 degrees Celsius and I went up to 380 degrees when I found the solder being stubborn, I used flux, and I also added solder to each point which made it much easier to remove.

I want to learn how to solder! It seems useful to know how to do that right. Thanks!

You didn't have to adjust the sticks ?

can i use flux paste instead if i don't have flux?

@M.Grey soldering Flux is a paste so you probably have the correct stuff, just double check the label and warnings before use

Nice to read about your progress! I also have been Learning and yesterday I placed 2 new sticks on my elite 2 and they looked.so freaking good but the sticks werent perfect and 1 was really bad. I placed everything perfect but i guess there is more to it than just placing it correctly or the sticks I had are bad that could be because I asked the seller and he told me I sucked xD I'm going to try again today because the controller still works but like you said this is some next level stuff. I soldered in the new sticks with the soldering iron btw and the solder that wouldn't come out I heated with the heat gun and than pushed out with a needle. That was the hardest part for me to learn. I removed the sticks with my heat gun and alot of flux and I do it in like 1 min because of 480° heat. The Xbox boards have alot of metals inside so if you protect the sensitive parts with heat tape than the board takes alot of heat and all the spots become soft. I recommends reflowing Xbox 360 if you can get them dirt cheap with extra stuff like controllers. If you do it well it has so far worked for me every time I did it. But watch out with the xboxes without hdmi cabels because they have like 100 fat caps that are bulging. Also I recommend alot that you guys go and fix all of the Nintendo ds models. When you learn it it's easy to sell them because it's Nintendo. Hope you guys are also learning alot of stuff like me! Help from channels like this makes a great difference to me also :) Have a good day!

Hi there! I just posted a video that goes into stick drift in depth and covers why stick drift happens. Thanks for watching and for the soldering comment!

What can happen is some solder gets stuck on the back of the board where you can't see it. Then you might go to pull/push the old stick off and mess up the board.

Better than having a triangle instead of a circle xD

@@HD-wf3bp damn

@@MGrey-qb5xz in the meantime I fixed them succesfull by replacing the sticks xD at first I didn't have any succes as you can read xD

Unfortunately that is true. I've been bitten by bad replacement ones and the best way to avoid that is to try and find oem. It can be hard but it is possible.

Same issues... OEM from now on...

Any. It's literally just braided copper

I don't know what he used, but I found a good one in the xbox app store for free. "Game Controller Tester." Hope this helps.

Snapped not snalles

That would be hard to replace and I would recommend swapping them at that point. I've seen that happen wayyyyy to often

Check out my video on where I explain drift and calibration. That covers about everything from drift to how sticks work. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1yluzJre9D8.html

Just use HTML5 game pad on google it’s the same thing

Absolutely! Assuming you can get it off in one piece.

The thought never occurred to me to be honest! I've never owned an elite and didn't know they had compatible parts lol.

@@Solder_king yup. The analog sticks are the same. They just have the option to tighten up the tension.

@@brucehirsch5437 definitely adding that to the to do list lol

Do you remember where i can find the series x analog sticks to replace mine?

I suppose I can work that into a future video!

Solderking - awesome. thanks. subscribing...

A new stick ?

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Pick the right pots and you won't have to

Pretty much just good to go after a swap.

You may be able to swap the disc inside of the pot to see if that fixes any drag but if the conductive traces inside are badly gouged then unfortunately the repair would involve soldering.

@@Solder_king I'll give it a shot thanx

Preference. Don't want them flopping around

Well, the joysticks are original since they all come from one factory... However, you will still need to manually calibrate them yourselves as the calibration software used by MS is not available to the public.

@@calvin659 Calibration doesn't affect the quality of the joysticks, it defines the center-position and outer limits of the joysticks. 95% of joysticks that claim to be original are fake garbage, even when they look the exact-same as originals. No amount of calibration will fix them. With the bad ones you can't walk slowly ingame. They jump from nothing to full instantly, with nothing in-between. Plus they're extra stiff around the center. An update on my original comment, the SOSS ones are good. So far they're the only reliable seller I've found.

Absolutely! Email me at Solder_King@outlook.com for more info!

Thank you Taylor 👍🏾

the sensors you're referring to are potentiometers and if they have a balanced resistance from the wiper to the outputs then they don't need any adjustments. I always check before installing. a standard pot has a resistance value of 10k across the outputs so if you're able to read 5k across the wiper and both outputs then there isn't much else needed since its a good balance. Even if it's off by a few ohms it almost never matters.

They re released the duke some time ago.

Makes it way easier to do for me so yeah I need to. I don't like leaving the motors soldered on because of the stress their joints get when flapping around.

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Does this kit work with xbox one s controller

@@neitomu It does! Works great :)

See what's going on with my controller stick is that the left stick is acting funny and since I'm a beginner what brand of soldering iron is the best or some that are good

Gotta start somewhere! I was around that age when I took up the hobby :)

@@Solder_king Yes, I'm soon 16 and I am "on the way". Just trying to convince my dad to buy a soldering station, but right now it looks like I am going to buy one myself😅 Saw this video when my stick went. Appreciate you and your tutorials👍

The green plastic piece has a carbon track that breaks down so yeah there is a need to solder something. Maybe know what you're talking about before being so confident lmao

These cocky super bro Chad comments with nothing constructive are so damn tiring.

@@Solder_king this isn't the easy method. Nothing I'm saying is rude, this is literally the least easy option to fix analogs. Just sayin, kinda misleading dude. Lol other than that good content keep it up

@@SuperMacro64 if all you have is an iron and you want to replace the entire stick then this is the easiest way as you don't need a solder sucker or have to worry about ripping up traces. This has worked for a lot of people that emailed me and I'm sure it'll continue.

@@Solder_king yeah that may be true and this is far more effective than the solution I suggested. That being said on face value it's not that easy, I've fucked up analogs soldering them before even with a solder sucker and a solder braid. Not everyone's the solder king, lol.

Dude doesn't need to because the pots are always balanced. Why not take a different approach with something you think I'm doing wrong or could be improving on instead of acting pompous? Imagine if all teachers acted like you. What a scary world to live in. Where potential ignorance is met with that attitude.

Also why would I need to calibrate anything if the resistance of the pot is equal from the wiper to both outputs? If a pot is 10k across the outputs with an equal 5k across the wiper and each output what would there be to calibrate? Please enlighten me with more emojis.

@@Solder_king 👍

@@simplyalif Treat ignorance as an opportunity to inform. Not an opportunity to insult. No hard feelings here. Have a good one.

@@Solder_king watch the video from soss gaming on how to replace controller analogs... He goes into depth about calibration and how to do it...

Which can be found incredibly cheap online? These videos are meant for showing you how to do something with the tools needed. This isn't a spray wd40 into it fix. Sorry to disappoint