Stupid Controllers

65,000 years from now some archaeologist is going to be very confused when he finds Dave.

If someone would have asked 23 year old me what i thought 43 year old me would be doing quite happily on a Saturday night the answer probably wouldn’t have been “watching a dude on youtube with a self made soundtrack fix electronics” but that’s what I’m doing 😂 NICE 👌

If you put a little baking soda down before you add the superglue, it'll create a bond stronger than the plastic itself. You may need to sand a little away, but it won't break.

For the stick not going back to the middle, it's probably the potentiometer that isn't balanced / centered from the factory. You can add one (or more in parallel) little SMD resistor between the outer leg and center leg to compensate for the natural drift. The replacement joysticks I bought are coming with 33kOhm 0402 resistors that are compensating for about 3% of drift each.

What ever happened to the red wire that was loose? Did I miss you connecting it up?

What a JOY this video is.... I love it when you STICK to it :) Excellent job.

Exceptional rap today, well done. Every time I watch one of your videos it inspires me to take apart something of mine that's broken, of course I break it worse, then give up and buy another. It's a lovely cycle

I'm near sighted and have the hand control of an orangutan, but I just love to watch you bring stuff back to life, that I would never be able to. Great job mate!

If the stick is still not in the center after replacing, you can solder a 50k Ohm smd potentiometer to it. There are KZfaq videos explaining it.

The piece launching into space at @7:15 was glorious.

Good to see more fixes on the controllers you did there Steve 👍 i recently sent my PS5 Dual Sense Controller back to sony for fixing due to stick drift and was sent a brand new replacement back with the newer revision A -model 😊

i replaced the joy to on my ps4 controller and hade the left tilted shift on the pogram to. but i just lub it up a litle and now its prefect. thank you Steve for the great video and cya soon again =). Great job ones again.

I wish your channel was around when I could see properly enough to do these types of repairs as your channel is an amazing teaching aid. Ah well. Such is life. Great repairs, Steve.

I loved the easy listening jazz going on in the background of the video. Very relaxing.

I can't understand how you do not have 2 million subscribers yet! Anyway, be patient, it will come

I repaired my Xbox controller shoulder button by buying a replacement from eBay for £1.29 cheap as chips. Having previously superglued one I found the repair doesn't last. Love your videos 👍🏻

For glueing plastics, if they're made of ABS or PVC, I usually use a bit of MEK (methylethylketone) on a small brush. The MEK acts as a plasticizer and partly dissolves the plastic, then creating a chemical weld. Stronger and lasts forever, but it only works on certain plastics.

Haha! I was thinking before the last few moments of the fast show! "Hello and welcome to jazz club..... Nice!"

Wow..I didn't think someone could be so boring. But you've done it.

That Replay has me in stitches. Wonderful.

That little self-laugh at the end before saying, "Stupid" was the best.

So glad you shouted where you got the song from.. would've been thinking about it the whole video

You can use a shop towel( type that are used by mechanics) that works with glue as a type of fiberglass repair. Can be added to sides of the break to add strength.

Epoxy glues are good for gluing stuff like that, I always use poxipol (not sure if its just a polish brand), but it works like a charm every time, and so far nothing broke again.

The cocktail umbrella jazz track was awesome 😀

The audio on this vid is brilliant, I half expected Stevie Wayne from KAB radio (John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’) to introduce these tracks… and possibly some scary warnings about the fog… hmnnn and it’s foggy here in the UK…

the smooth jazz in this video is lovely :D

See, I told you! RELIGIOUSLY! Well done young fella. Now with two controllers, you can play with yourself! What fun!

More stezFlix than stezfix haha, nice tea break fix Steve, the poor ps5 pad had been hammered for the amount of wear on it.

I bought an Xbox one controller with the same shoulder button issue, also a broken tab. I glued it and lasted like 1 week. I bought a replacement part from AliExpress (1 dollar) and good as new.

it may have just needed a calibration with the new pot, sometimes they give slightly different distance readings .

The orange and blue wipers look different when you look at them closely. Probably why it didn't work by just swapping the potentiometer with the orange one. I just bought a set of PS5 and PS4 potentiometers online and swap them when needed. I think the PS5 / PS4 ones have differences too. You can also add something called a drift fix board to the back of the analogue stick which has two small dials to remove any slight drift

Love the BG music on this. Like mid 70s pre-Jaco Weather Report.

Nice! Classy jazz fusion rap, and elevator music interludes. I'm impressed lol 😆 why on earth do they make those damn controllers so complicated? Nice fix though 👌

Most of the way, but not all the way, which is not enough of the way....lol! Had me in stitches.

The song for the 'trustful umbrella's' part goes like: 'trustifulll umbreeelaaaa'

🤣 PERFECT pronunciation! Love your videos and look forward to them 😁

I think a BRIGHT YELLOW mat would be a good edition to ur videos 🟨

You could always use Tamiya Glue for gluing together plastic pieces. It is used in miniatures, and it melts the plastic and binds it together. It's pretty good, from what I've heard.

For stick drift, consider investing in some DeoxIT FaderLube (F-Series). It comes as an aerosol or as a liquid in a needle-tipped bottle. It's specifically made for cleaning and protecting potentiometers that have plastic components. It will clean contact surfaces and provide a thin, lubricating layer that reduces wear on sliding components, especially metal-on-plastic. In my experience, it's worked to fix most stick drift, especially on JoyCons, the aerosol has a straw that can fit under the little rubber boot on the thumbstick and it does a good job of blasting out any grime. I just give it a spray and move the stick around to work it in. For regular sticks, I've found that you don't even need to pry back the potentiometer housing, the aerosol does a good job of penetrating from the crack where the potentiometer connects to the stick and in the little hole on the side. DeoxIT D-series is a general purpose contact cleaner that's great as well. It's made to clean pretty much everything and it's also safe for potentiometers, but I've found that the F-series is best for controllers and faders in pro audio gear since it's made specifically for those applications. Either way, you can't lose. It's about $20 (USD), but I've used the same can for about 5 years now and fixed dozens of controllers and used it to clean a bunch of DJ equipment. If I'm taking apart a controller to clean or fix it, I will always spray the potentiometers to clean and protect them, even if there's no drift.

Man, super dug the golden age boom bap. Definitely do some more of that for your raps in the future!

The rapping has improved so much since I first started watching these vids!

StezStix Fix showing us them repair Trix

Gosh I wish I can meet a cool guy like you to fix my stuff!!

life it not easy at the moment ... but watching your Videos and your funky music puts a smile to my face ever time thanks for that m8

I will patiently wait for the Vienna(Ultravox) cover. One of these days it has to happen

Hi, welcome to Jazz club, with Soldering and sax......nice!

Those orange and blue colored potentiometers are much different values, not interchangeable here (or anywhere... really... I think) As far as that one new stick not quite being 100% flush... there are two tricks to that. Make sure that thumbstick module is seated perfectly flush against the board. If not, when the thumbstick cap seats back down on, it will either not allow the stick to sit centered (although it probably will allow that) but the other issue is it will goof with range of motion of the stick. You'll be able to go way further down, than up (or whatever... depending on the angle of the tilt of the module relative to the controller board. The other trick is there are little PCB's you can buy for about $1 each that allow you to recalibrate existing thumbsticks. I also apply them to brand new thumbsticks (for this reason) so that you can dial them in perfect dead center. If and when the sticks drift again, it's as easy this time as simply calibrating it back in.

Thanks for saying “reputable” correctly (unlike Linus Sebastian and the people on his channels).

Lovin' the jazz in this video! 💯

The only reason i put up with your signing...is cause I know YOU love doing it. keep doing what you love and you put a skip time for those who don't appreciate what YOU LOVE TO DO :) keep it up...DON'T STOP SINGING :)

This one is *solid!*

As a German, the way you say "Uhu" greatly amuses me. 😆

2 mins in and I'm chuckling like an idiot and can't explain to the wife... Thanks Steve.

Great fix Steve - though this time it was the smooth musings of VOS that made the video 😅😅

I came for the bars stayed for the stupid controllers

Top tip. If you're using superglue pop it on the broken parts, hold together and sprinkle some baking soda on the join. It sets rock hard in seconds.

Great video as always... Loved the Macho Nacho shoutout :D

Nobody got what it takes to meet those battery loading skills.

Look for the original ALPS joysticks (for both controllers). Cheapest ones have different resistance in his potenciometers and can burn another component.

For that trigger button / post you could have used super glue with a bit of baking soda (a drop or two around the post and sprinkle with baking soda). That will make it really strong (by providing bigger contact area and support for the post)

4:33 use a 2 part epoxy like araldite, I've used it on many plastic items, it as strong or stronger. but takes 24hr to cure. even on tiny uneven bits it is strong! I used some on a 3d printer tension pully just this week.

Super glue with either baking soda or pencil shavings

Brilliant Steve well done

“That’s not enough of the way.” 😂

I have to say....loving the Jazz music. Maybe better than your rap which is bloody awesome as well. Smoooooth

Normaly there are about 70 packets of crisps inside a controller. Atleast the ones I have bought and refurbished.

Hako Solder Pump is super handy for taking those off, I replace them so much it was well worth the time of having paid for one.

Two working controllers! Except one will forever drift to the right but...🤷‍♂️

You can build up or strengthen your super glue with baking soda. I have done that, and it makes is very strong.

consider getting some epoxy and super glue accelerator. They are cans that you spray the glue to cure quickly. I think that would help for the future.

5:14 in my experience, the best glue to use on these plastics is that one used for PVC pipes, folks from plastic scale modeling uses this glue too, but you need to let it cure overnight

Right bumper probably killed by AC Valhalla. Mine was. Thought of gluing it back but I think would just break again. Ordered a replacement piece off aliexpress.

Plastic cement would probably work better than super glue, as Plastic cement melts the plastic slightly and makes a stronger bond.Used a lot in miniature building.

I 100% thought you’d cocked the title up 😅

Reflexes off a wild cat🤣🤣

Nice jobs Steve hope too see more and merry Christmas 😊

Yay, I forgot it was StezStix Fix day.

I do not recommend using IPA for cleaning encoders and pots... It will eventually scratch the surfaces on the contact area. Please get some cleaner/lube, will work best for switches, pots, and sliders, and will increase the longevity many times over. Provided they are not worn down like in your situation

PUR hotmelt can glue these plastics forever.

Calibrate the stick on the ps5 controller, it should work fine.

Maybe not much to do with these repairs, but the Xbox controllers have always had a problem with the Right Trigger. Even back in the 360 days, the right trigger always seemed to break and become "mushy" at some point. 3 of my friends ended up with this problem, and I repaired them for free by opening up the controller and putting a piece of cardboard between the electronic trigger and the actual button. It was still mushy, but it at least registered the button command. I'm still unsure why the right trigger was such a culprit to theses repairs, since the left trigger was always fine, the left and right triggers seemed to have the same mechanics on it. But I think it's because the right trigger was just used more in game. Throwing grenades in Halo and Call of Duty.

Your droll humour was streets ahead today

Had me thinking I was watching Retro Renew with that music. Confusing for a minute.

A tip ste try the old superglue and baking powder for super solid bonds.

Epic Puddle of Mudd cover

Listening to the rap and thought it jumped to a Macho Nacho video for a moment.

Well done 👍

Great job!

I have controllers from PS2, Xbox days that work absolutely fine that have never been taken apart. Yet today's brand new controllers only last a few months. Coincidence? 🤔

6:40. Xbox analog sticks go all the way no matter if you fix it or not with the faceplate off (because of how much more space it has.) You should've tested it with the faceplate on just to make sure

I would suggest to use so called "plastic glue" for such type of broken plastic repairs. It can be purchased in any scale model oriented shop. And works well with any ABS type of plastic, in a way of melting both pieces together (usually thise glues made of acetone plus few extra ingridients) and providing strong bond after few hours

I find the DualSense intimidating to take apart, I don't know why.

Solid music!!!!

When I started this video I didn't expect Puddle of Mudd at the end. =]

use Qbond to weld the plastic bits back together

I don't own an XBox or PS5 so I don't know if there's a configuration for controllers thingy that will compensate for the off center issue with that left joy. But I wonder how difficult it would be and if enough space to add to the circuit, a couple of super tiny potentiometers either in series with each of the X and Y lines (or in parallel to VCC or Ground) to add a fine adjustment to center the dot. The pots that come to mind I find on this little 4-digit mini volt meters. they have this tiny pot, which is used to adjust accuracy of the meter. Hmmmm

Gel superglue tends to be stronger than the thin type. And it tends to make less of a mess because it doesnt run.

Hello "StezStix Fix" we meet again!! (Also nice new picture you have!)👍❤