New and Improved(?) Drift Free Nintendo Switch Sticks 

As someone who repairs joy cons- I respect this

Check it out at 10:25 as well. Kind of trippy.

Julien Melnick what a coincidence since I was just watching you before this video

That’s exactly why I haven’t bought them

I think anyone has the ability to do it. I do like tinkering with stuff, but I also don't have a lot of experience when opening up these controllers. When I was first watching tutorials on how to do a shell swap on the Joy-Cons, everyone was saying how bad the experience was, do it *only* if you are 100% positive you want to do the mod and to set aside a few hours. It took me about 1 hour and I replaced *everything* for the shell swap. Some people leave the middle plastic piece that seperates the shoulder buttons to make it easier/faster, but to me it just looks half-assed, especially if the colors don't compliment one another. So of course, when I decided to do it, I was quite nervous. But when I opened it up, it felt relatively easy and fairly straight forward. After that first time, I felt very confident afterwards. I've opened them up a few times more to do some other things like, replacing the plastic Joy-Con locks with some metal ones, changing the left Joy-Con buttons for a D-pad, etc. They still feel good, nothing is loose, everything works and I'm very happy with the results. This is the original set of Joy-Cons that I got with my V1 (unpatched 😏) Switch and they've been doing great since then! Still no stick drift, but I probably haven't put in as much time on my Switch than most others have. When the drift does come, I will 100% be replacing them with the Gulikit set. Just trying to make you feel more confident about the procedure. It's not as difficult as the earlier Joy-Con shell openings make it seem. Is there any risk, yes, as with anything. But, IMO, the risk is relatively small and the payout, knowing that you did some mods and got it to your liking, is huge!

I'm a doofus and I've successfully replaced the stick module in a Joy-con. You need the right screwdriver and you need to be especially carefully not to break any ribbon cables; but it's a pretty easy mod. Like Kevin says, the Joy-con R is trickier than L. Do the L half first to get the hang of it.

Agreed with Leo and John. Go slow, organize work space. Takes about 10 mins to complete. I recommend taking out the battery, because after doing the swap with the battery still connected it was a pain to calibrate.

you only need to calibrate it to get it working correctly

​@@asutora.5363 What? It's only about the grip, not anything about calibration lol

@@squishyflac i mustve been delusional or read smth wrong when i posted that comment

@@asutora.5363 It happens

@@asutora.5363 I misread the first sentence too as "I actually just installed these the other day AND I noticed some bad stick drift". One of those "read too quickly and my brain filled in the wrong words" type moments I think.

What about now?

Taking notes of what? How to be more consumer friendly and spend more money on better hardware as opposed to using cheap stuff like the rest of the industry and cashing in on people buying replacement parts? We're far from that reality. If it's any large company that's going to release hall effect joystick controllers first is most likely xbox.

You're acting as if Nintendo doesn't know about this. They know that stick drift is an issue but choose not to address it since they make more money from selling more joycons. Your problem is thinking Nintendo care about you more than profits.

@@Verchiel_ Sony actually. Then they change back to potentiometer.

isn't the amiibo reader inside the stick on the right joycon?

I’m guessing that should be fine, doesn’t seem the replacement affects the NFC coils at all.

of course you're still able, the IR sensor isn't touched.

Experienced this with two controllers. Is there any information why it happens?

@@michaelrodolfo9219 because of the crease in the ribbon cable that is caused during the manufacturing/assembly process. That crease disrupts the button inputs, and if really bad stops working altogether - which then necessitates a replacement.

@@anhonestreviewer7015 So the design is flawed from the start 🙃 I had to replace the sticks on all of my joycons, and noticed the crease on those ribbon cables. But I thought Nintendo would have probably thought of that and something I shouldn't be concerned about. But here we are. Very frustrating 😐

I was just about to comment this, you can barely see what he's doing...

No, Amiibo works, according to the Amazon Q&A

one is potentiometer, other is hall effect. it should be clear

theoretically this 1 would last a lot longer without drifting

The hall effect sticks used in PS Vita as well) Everyone forget about this.

there’s a sticker apparently to close the gap

They should! According to iFixit the Joy-Cons and Switch Lite both use the same stick parts.

Yeah it works on the lite too

Yes you can. The left joystick is easier but the right joystick is beneath the motherboard

Meh, ifixit probably has a more detailed stick replacement guide anyway

A bit late but yes, I have done it to 3 sets of joycons and a switch lite, but it is a lot more involved to do with the switch lite because it requires you to completely tear down the system, my switch lite was getting old, battery was getting weak, case wasn't looking so fresh anymore, so I did a complete refresh if you will. New beautiful case new battery, the joysticks were still fine but considering it was a complete teardown and I didn't want them to break right after putting it back together I put these in it also. I do not regret it. But joycon joysticks are interchangeable with the switch lite to make a long answer short.

​​@@nickarganbright7218just find a professional to help for the change

Ig so, atleast it says it works for switch lite

What do you mean, drift is bad, if anything your very lucky.

​@@HolyCow0273 sarcasm

Newer Switches/Joycons got a quiet fix, they don't drift as bad as early Joycons

I agree with you, never had any issue with drift on my ps1/2/3|4 or on my Xbox 360/one , Nintendo joy cons on the other hand it’s a different story , I even bought the hori pro but that also drifts …

You sir, have forgotten Sony. I just bought my 3rd ps5 controller because I'm tired of opening them up every 3 days to clean for stick drift. I also have 9 ps4 controllers with the same issues, same joystick components. Pretty sure Nintendo Switch is a baby in comparison to ps4.

@@tinystar3010 THIS. My time with my PS4 I went through 5 controllers. Each time they started to drift I would just be sad. Each controller lasted me a year, max.

The PS4's joysticks are also really bad

6 years into the console’s life and I’ve yet to experience this stick drift problem on either my Switch or either of my kids’ Switches. I’m sure it exists, however maybe it’s not as prevalent as the internet would lead you to believe. After all, it’s not like the internet to blow a small issue completely out of proportion.

it is caused by that. this fix just helps mitigate the damage temporarily. getting a new stick works too, and especially if it's a hall effect stick it'll hopefully stay that away unless it gets physically damaged.

yes.

They’re sending the new revision out now, so that’s probably why

zero braincells

🤓

no you're not @JaunLa is