Analog Stick Drift - Will Cleaning Fix It? Clean vs Replace Challenge
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Analog Stick Drift - Will Cleaning Fix It? I'm trying out BW-100 on a bunch of malfunctioning analog sticks to see if cleaning alone will fix them. Some of the analog sticks it definitely does fix but others are just too worn out and need replacements to get them working.
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Do your controllers have stick drift? Have you tried cleaning them?
Well, it's nice that they made a smaller size. But you can only buy them in packs of 3?.. What's the point of making a smaller size? Lol
Will this help when the stick gets stuck with the cap off or if the stick don't return to center sometimes? If so I'll definitely buy some asap
@@MH-nr5rv I wish they would just sell a single can too. Not sure why it's only in 3 pack.
@@ians.4431 There's no way for me to know or guarantee it...it depends on how damaged the stick is. IMO, it's worth it to keep some cleaner around so you can try to clean it first. If cleaning doesn't help then replacing the stick is probably the only way to fix it.
Good
This might be the most legit and honest sponsored product test on the entire CZcams.
If you can that easily clean the joycon sticks without disassembly, dirt can get into it the same way. Probably a reason why drift is so prominent with them.
Yep
Conversely if you can clean them that easily then there's no reason for your joycon to be getting that dirty and drifting.
Tronix fix is there someone really out there using your name scamming people are you kidding me now it's happening on your channel sorry man
@@RG-Zeldaplayer Ah, yes. It's the consumer's fault that Nintendo designs things badly.
@@louskunt125 Sony uses the same type of thumbsticks for its controllers too... and Xbox controllers drift after a while also. When I started getting a bit of drift... first thing I did was clean them with some contact cleaner... They haven't drifted since. The first thing some consumers seem to have done is signed up to a class action lawsuit.
ORDERED
Update: no more controller drift on a controller I been using for 8 months with tons of slide canceling :)
I’m impressed!!
Alright, I'm genuinely impressed by how easily that fixed some of those joycons. I wish I could just get a single 4oz can, but I guess I can just clean every joystick I've ever owned.
I have to say that you are the only channel and youtuber that i like the way of how you do the sponsors, thank you for your work!
I appreciate that!
honestly the Analog sticks needs a new/better redesign that will reduce the chances of people getting stick drift. its just that simple
They should be hot swappable, honestly.
Companies don't care, because money. Hey if they can sell high for cheap to manufacture products why not? So I do hope the class action lawsuit will wake up these companies to produce better quality analog sticks.
or people just need to learn basic hygiene, because soap and water is even more simple.
@@mydogeatspuke LOL! Did you just assume people who have stick drift issues have dirty, greasy hands?
@@conyo985 lol did you not watch the video where he proved that dirt causes stick drift? Or do you use your controller with your dirty feet instead?
"Here's how to clean up analog stick drift with Stadia controllers!"
*WHIPS THE CONTROLLER AGAINST A BRICK WALL, SHATTERING IT*
Now that takes care of that!
Next up.....drywall repair.
Let's just finish it up *Lights up a torch to burn the remains*
lol I'll will just damage the wall.. the best repair you can do for stadia controller is put it down on the ground, grab a hammer and smash both of the analog sticks to pieces!! 🔥🔥
@@mattleizee is it because ITS WHITE HUH HuH You MAD 😡CAUSE IT NOT BLACK HUH racist mofin /sarcasm
Love your methods lemme go try that and thank you 😘
Gamecube controllers after 20 years: drift? What's that?
Same with my Playstation 1 and 2...
Wii Classic Controller: what?
seriously though, for games that don't require motion controls, I use a 8bitdo adapter with my classic wii controller pro. It works greatly!
Smash games; i didnt did a good work.
My gamecube controller did experience drift though, especially notable in the smash character select screen. Oddly enough, all I had to do for it to disappear was reinserting the controller several times in the controller socket port.
@@looeegee You probably shifted some dust around in the port.
Hey, just wanted to say that you are doing my dream job, recently I bought a lot of 21 broken xbox 360 to learn about repairs myself and I loveee ittt. Keep up the good work :)
I love your channel and i love what you do. This video came out at a perfect time. I cleaned my controller yesterday. But i still had an analog drift. Although i only used just normal compressed air this video gave me the idea to take the controller back apart and spray some air under the analog sticks. which seems to of done the trick. Havent fully tested it , but i appreciate you none the less.
I cannot live without your videos.
Nintendo: drift is my passion
Sony: Can I copy your homework ?
Ps4 controller drift is worse
Lol!
Ive had swicth lite since day one no drifting yet even beat botw twice no issues
@@Crest6680 Would say Dualsense. It hasn't been a year and it's become quite a problem.
This bw-100 is a great tool to clean electronics and I'm glad you made a video showing it being used. I just aced my order! Good call!
I've been impressed with it.
I used the old press down on the stick and blow inside trick always works for me😂
Whatever works!
Explain the trick now :)
@@user-ce6cl8wg3r you press the stick down like you have to press R3 or L3 and then you just blow inside while moving the stick a bit while still pressing it (be carefull no to spit inside the controller) I suggest you do this trick with a spray air can they cost nothing so that you avoid unintentionally spit on the potentiometer
@@ClusterBaffo thanks alot I’ll try this
you really shouldn’t use your breath in place of this sort of cleaner. your breath is water based and therefore conductive.
If you can spray the contacts while simultaneously moving the toggles, it may give better results. Love the videos!
Thanks for this episode. I was able to save my son’s Titan Fall 2 controller. It is his favorite and has not been able to use it for a while. He was very surprised and happy. Big Thank You!
Unfortunately pretty much every controller including Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo (except joycons) and a lot of third party ones have used the exact same joystick hardware from the exact same company since like the 90's. The company have also never changed their design even though they drift way too much way too often.
this was like a 10in1 video haha.
Steve you're an absolute legend.
Happy Friday bud!
I received a friends controller where if you would press the left stick up, the right stick also monitors a move to the left. And left stick down the right sticks also triggers a right move.
After clearing the board from cat hairs and some liquid it still didnt work.
After spraying some elctronic contact spray in the thumbsticks the problems where finaly gone.
What a luck youre video came up today on my phone.
Watching all your clips for a long time now, keep the good work/tips coming :)
Perfect timing. Literally just had this happen on my new elite series 2 controller.
A while ago my brother's ps4 controller started to drift a lot. I saw your ps4 controller drift repair video and wanted try it out if I can fix it. After cleaning it, the drift was gone!! Thank you!!!
Steve, i have a little question. How much heat do you use on your solder station to replace Analog Sticks?
I've tried to do it but I ended melting the sticks and I don't know why):
Thanks for reading me.
Hi steve thanks for this great video I watch lots of your reparing videos and learned alot!
just a quick question I replaced the joystick on my dual sense controller multiple times but every time I put a new joystick in its just off centered a bit, its not moving or getting input but just off-centered. how can I fix that? Every time I replace it, its off-centered on another random spot
I did this and you save me a ton of money I'm passing on your video info to a lot of people thank you for this video and saved me money
Awesome review man! That's some amazing stuff right there!
Bought some of the bw-100 because of your videos and it's brilliant stuff. Thank you
Glad you like it. I've been impressed with it too.
Both the Xbox family and the PS4 and PS5 controllers are using the same mass produced model for analog sticks, which are not as tight as past models as I almost never have problems with drifts with the Game Cube or the PS2 and PS3 controllers, which tells me that they were more tightly assembled or had smaller pieces as larger pieces tend to get dusty and that dust with humidity turns into a sticky substance that causes drift.
Great honest review
awesome, I like that it evaporates after use.
Yes! That's super important when cleaning electronics.
Really really helpful , thank you so much!
good to see you fix stuff!
7:41 whats the name of that heat tool you used to desolder the joints?
Great video lad keep up with the good work
Thanks, will do!
i bought some BW-100 and i had really bad drift on my right analog stick. used it once and i can actually play Call of Duty with it. very good product and well worth having some around!
Bet this person is shilling for the company.
i always find its mixed results, cleaning should always be the first thing you try anyway!
Yes, for sure
@@donniereed9526 this wont fix stick drift, stop trying to be a smart arse
@@ethanwasme4307 new joysticks WILL fix stick drift wtf are you on about!
Not really, I replace 15 joystick / day heck if I had to clean and spend 10 minutes for nothing everytime.
Love the vids you are amazing at fixing things and it also helped on me fixing my PS4 controller 😀😀😀
Personally I think it varies depending on how badly the potentiometer is damaged. If its caused by dust and finger gunk it'll definitely fix it for for most part, but if the potentiometer tracks are damaged it's replacement only generally. Great video as always Steve 👍
Yep, exactly. That's what I show in this video too.
@@Tronicsfix yeah sorry I commented too early haha, great video anyway this definitely is useful info to a lot of people 😄
Ha, ha...no worries.
Thanks so much for this video I just realized I have that problem on my controller
Hope you can fix it just by cleaning
Just purchased using the link. Thanks for the video
Oh wow nice ! 👍👍
Im gonna have to try this out.
Hey! For the first blue joycon you took apart, could the BW-100 cause the liquid indicator to change to pink?
Very helpful video as always thank you
Exactly what i needed. I have a switch pro controller with a little down drift. As BW-100 is not available in Germany I recommend WD-40 Kontaktspray
My ps vita slim left analog stick was drifting so i used ipa with a syringe and it worked .
With this video I changed a potentiometer of an xbox controller that didnt work into a faulty drift in a PDA switch controller. THNX!!!!
Okay, stupid question time... After you spray the liquid in there and wiggle the stick around, then the liquid dries, where exactly does the dirt go? (Dirt can't evaporate)
The hope is that the dirt will be removed from the contacts and drain out of the inside through holes in the case...or at a minimum at least be removed from the contact and collect in some other area of the stick. That's also why I show how to open the potentiometer in this video...so you can spray it in and let anything drain out the bottom.
Ive found your channel recently it's so interesting
Great video Steve I have used a similar UK product on my own controllers,
Just bought via ur link homie keep the vidoes on
Wow...thank you so much!
Hmmm my comments keep disappearing. Its all good. Great video as always and love friday uploads 😊
Dose anyone know if latex gloves would work instead of an anti-static mat for repairing consoles? I assume they would but I just wanna be sure.
8:00 Just a thought . . . Would conductive ink work ti repair that potentiometer if it was "painted" in the place it was worn out? And a bit of solder placed on the worn metal contact points?
Edit: oops forgot timestamp...
2nd Edit: Just realized someone already suggested the "paint the contacts trick" .
Wow im falling in love with this channel the moment i clicked on it
Dude, love your videos 👌
Glad you like them!
I had this idea to try to use DeoxIT Fader Grease on a brand new stick in an attempt to prevent pot wear from happening in the first place. A video testing this idea would be cool.
Keep up the good work steve
I will!
The video everyone knew was coming!
Wait...how?
A question how do you test these controllers?And is there a dead zone applied?I have a DS5 that im using with DS4windows but there is a deadzone of 0.08 if i use a 0.00 they are not working properly...
I replaced the analog stick on one of my Valve Index vr controllers. They basically all fail in the same way eventually and the repair is to solder on a new analog stick part. Since they are sold as a pair for $300 a set I think there's probably a lot of money to be had in repairing them as a service and buying and refurbishing them.
I needed this video!! I already got the tools and clean the controllers but the right analog still has drift and idk if I’ll have to replace it. Lol #3 is the exact controller I have
Any idea on which potentiometers to buy? There's so many on Amazon and alixpress and all promising good results but differ in price? And are they all universal for Xbox one and ps4 controllers coz the analog sticks look the same for Xbox one and ps4 controllers.
Question is, how many were nothing more than mechanically gummed up and pretty much any cleaning would've resolved it, regardless of product used?
Gutted can't buy it in the uk,😤great video though, gonna go finish your course soon its amazing! 😁😄
Awesome video! 5 stars vid right here.
Summary:
1. If it is just dirty: cleaning works
2. If it is worn out: needs to be replaced, no amount of cleaning will ever fix it.
Kinda makes sense...
Yesterday i cleaned 2 joycons with drift, one work with a little of WD-40, and the other one needs to be replaced, too close to 100% success rate
@@guillermoabrego9476 silicone spray is better than WD 40. It evaporates and doesnt leave anything behind. I use it for electronics
@@guillermoabrego9476 erm...it is exactly 50%...
I think that pretty much everyone knew that even before watching the video. The point of the video is to mostly honour the sponsorship contract.
@@franzusgutlus54 yes I know hahahaha, but the try it is what counts
You are the best tronics fix 😁😎
Thanks!
Your welcome 😉
Steve, I have a question for a situation i’ve been facing with my PS4 Pro lately:
Most of the games i play works smoothly on my console while others (2/3 games specifically) forces the overheat notification to pops-up instantly which leads my PS4 Pro to turns off from the first minute of gameplay...!! Any explanation/fix for such situation ?
The liquid marker on the joycon that shows liquid damage wouldn't the bw100 or simularcause the same reaction if it detects liquid in there.
Im probably miles off but just curious
Wow what a cool product definitely a life saver
I was waiting for you to upload lol I’ve been binge watching all of your episodes and btw do you have any advice for new electronics fixers
Sure...find stuff around your house and try to fix it!
@@Tronicsfix I got an Xbox one
I think we'll buy some BW-100. I mostly use IPA for cleaning electronics at the office, but i'm willing to try anything! Anyway, thanks again for the great video!
IPA works great for cleaning too. I like this product because I can spray it down inside the stick better. I also like that it's non flammable.
You this this would work for Ps5? mine has the drift issue. if i open it up and clean the inside. would that solve it? they(playstation) only told me solutions like reset by the pin hole and update. to solve the issue... doubt that will do it...
Hey there I have a question I was trying to find an extra white ps5 disc shell casing for both sides and I was wondering if you know where to get one
Great video 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi tronics fix I had a drifting issue with my ps3 controller and I used something call surgical sprite and out then down into the analog sticks and it stop the drifting regards Ryan you are doing a fantastic job bro keep it up
My PS4 controller's right stick is not centered and, according to Gamepad Tester, is constantly jittering to the left which causes it to drift some times when I moving the camera, what I do?
Great job man 😺👍And I would like to recommend contact cleaner from WD-40, yes they have that too and it is amazing for similar jobs.
Good to know!
Great vid 💯👍🏾
Thank you!
i am intimidated by trying to replace the potentiometer, but i have been practicing my solder skills. Are they all the same, or is there a brand that you can link to?
I have three clear PlayStation 4 controllers with drift issues, also what program do you use to test the controllers.
No DS? Lol Great video! I’ll have to pick some of that up soon!
I need help with my Xbox when I try to factory reset it when I’m holding the buttons the ON button keeps on making the ON button noise
I'm wondering where does the dirt go? Sure doesn't evaporate along with the spray... So the dirt just gets spread around?
Cant argue with results though, seems to work great.
You fixed 8 out of 8 game pads
But your skills are 10 out of 10
nice 👌
I love that this video came right up when my ps4 controller started drifting lol
Thanks, I found out cleaning is the first thing you do if you have stick drift, dirt can be the main cause
Is there an alternative product that will do the same job and can be bought in the EU? The BW-100 seems to be out of stock and sold only from the US
Can you do a video where you try this on xbox series 2 elite controllers? They have a common problem with the bumpers becoming unresponsive.
If I need a potentiometer replaced where do you suggest I send it to be fixed?
Good job keep it the excellent work
hey Steve,can you toss out a link to the gamepad tester you use or recommend one? :) thanks!
Hi TronicsFix, which 3 analog using for replacing? Can you try kailh 3d analog for any video see kailh sensitivity ?
At @7:40, what is the name/link of the solder gun that you used to take the potentiometer off with?
Finally a good video about stick drift
Glad you liked it!
Here in the UK we have "Servisol Super 10", been industry standard for electronics engineers for decades.
Interesting. Never heard of it.
Is that better than WD40 contact cleaner? (U.K)
Great stuff
@@Crest6680 WD40 is not a contact cleaner, it's mostly for rusty metals, servisol is purposely for contact cleaning. (Edit) my bad, didn't realise they made a contact cleaner, I just searched it, can't comment on the WD40 stuff, but Servisol is all I use, always gets the job done on stuff like dirty volume pots on older amplifiers etc.
@@Tronicsfix Probably because of geography, I think it's a UK thing, I've used it since the 80's, even fixed this thumbstick issue on controllers myself, we also can't get BW-100 in the UK, I just looked, either way they look like they work the same :-)
I'm hoping you get around to fixing some PDP Afterglow Prismatic XB1 controllers, I got a pile of 25 of them need diagnosing, all the digital inputs work but no anaologue or LED's, I just haven't got around to using a meter on them against a working one yet :-/
I love this channel btw :-)
What kind of analog replacement did you use? I checked the link on amazon coukdnt find them
luv your vids man!
Please allow me to leave another very important comment that this is temporary. After all, clearly everyone expected cleaning something once to stop it from ever getting dirty again in the future! I mean, we all clean our homes and after we do it once, they stay clean forever, right? I washed my car once and even after driving through more snowy, salted roads, it's still perfectly clean, no need to wash it ever again! 🙄
Of course cleaning is temporary. Of course they can get dirty again. And of course mechanical wear will still happen and break it to the point of needing a new potentiometer. Nobody thought cleaning was a permanent fix, so enough with the stupid "this is temporary!" comments already. You aren't imparting any useful information.
Hey there! What website is the GamePad tester you are using? I am in need of finding one that works well! Thanks in advance!