Trim Pot Replacement Xbox Series S X - No Drift! 

How is this in any way not already known? Or did we just miss the literally THOUSANDS of videos about this horrifyingly bad part decision from both XBOX and Playstation when the far superior hall effect stick has been in existence for years?

I managed to fix my stick drift by just replacing the white disc inside the potentiometer without having to solder. I released the tabs and slightly bent the green portion away from the stick body and swapped out the disc. Pushed the green part back in place and it worked like a charm. Fixed three of my controllers this way. Sometimes just using a little IPA on a cotton swab to clean the carbon traces on the green portion works just as well with no parts needed.

You need a gold medal

why wont you just take out the metal ring and clean it and the inside ? without soldering

Really everything is done so that we buy a new controller when we encounter this kind of problem. They mass produce potentiometers as cheaply as possible and of poor quality for rapid wear, knowing full well the number of hours that people spend in front of the console since the explosion in the popularity of this activity. They know that it wears out quickly, they have planned for it as they know that hall effect potentiometers are not more expensive and wear out less quickly just as it would not be difficult to have ones as precise if they had looked into the question of creating their consoles. And where I really think that absolutely EVERYTHING is done to force us to buy a new controller is in the simple fact that if they had put the graphite layer on the moving part of the potentiometer (and that's all feasible, don't tell me that there is no space) rather than the part soldered to the motherboard, there would be no soldering to do and it would be enough to offer only this moving part for sale rather than the whole system. We thank them for also thinking about their wallet rather than the environment with the waste that this simple potentiometer design creates. Controllers in the trash or for the DIY enthusiasts, sticks or complete potentiometers in the trash rather than the single little piece of carbon plastic not to mention the waste of producing all of this to sell it in exchange for this same small piece.

So stick drift is the absolute worst. Great video. I break an Xbox lb/l1 button every two months and need to purchase a new controller each time. Is there a fix? They just stop clicking and then do then do not respond.

Nice idea just replace the piece rather than the whole part. A simple way to make sure you have the correct stick is touch the plastic with a marker. The part with the mark is the part to pull. What I am looking forward to is easily swappable Hall effect sticks. I know some exist but they have issues at the moment.

Nice one mate, need to fix my forza controller, I’ll give this a go.

I need this 2 months ago. Since then I have resurrected 2. 1x half pot replace & 1x just by an open clean. Now I am stripping them for parts to make a custom black/blue. I found most cheapos on ebay circa £8 incl p&p have wireless connection issues. Have you tried sourcing & soldering a coaxial, I have lots of power boards but the analog boards are missing SMA and I can't see that well anymore..✌

is there a way to calibrate the new sticks after replacing them as mine is slightly off center after installing new potentiometer

Can u make a video for how to fix stick drift in a sega genesis controller plz!!!

Very helpful video... I guess. 😅 No honestly, it is, but I've used countless controllers over the years and never ever had any issues with stick drift whatsoever. Except for one PS4 controller where it was actually okay because I really really really played that left stick to death. That drift was well deserved 😂