This is a helpful tutorial and I want to thank you for making it, but I gotta say, it’s SUPER hard to listen to what you’re saying when that Sail remix is playing. Maybe you could make a version where the music gets quieter when you do voice over? Or one without music? Thanks again for the tutorial, it was super helpful!

I was considering buying a thing like that but I wasn't very sure on how to place it, but even 2 years after your video is still useful! Thanks!

Thanks mate , ordered off amazon and it didn’t come with any instructions these worked beautifully love having my switch feel like it’s new again

Thanks man this was a lifesaver. I bought some used joycons from GameStop and they had the same problem. I started to think it was my switch. I used your video to fix my original joycon and took those bad boys back. Again thank you. Also you just got another sub.

Thank you very much for posting this video. I had a joycon that kept slipping its bindings but this video help me fix it without breaking something else. Top job.

Got a second hand switch and this was so helpful, thank you so much!

Watching this video these are what I forgot to order when I ordered my hall effect joysticks for my joycons. Oh well I've lived with it for 2 years sometimes sliding up and I only play on it a couple times a month anyway. This is a good video and someone should be able to replace this pretty easy just by watching this.

Thanks for this video! My left joy-con no longer locks in place and I may have to do this.

Just fixed 2 of my joycons with these, works like a charm

and its 2024 and im following your simple tuto to replace my locks. very nice work explaining. thnks

Thank you sir. I will say, for anyone that's reading this comment in the future, test the release button to make sure the security bar (meatal U) isn't pressing down on the lock too hard, or the spring won't push it back into place.

Thanks for the video, it helped me figure out how to take off the metal plate covering the lock. In my case, it wouldn't come off completeley. The bottom part was stuck, so i bend the plate to make room. Not optimal, but better than mess up the ribon cables trying to pull it out.

Thanks for the video mate, i paid £10 off Amazon for one kit and it arrived with no instructions whatsoever, your video was on point!

Just ordered the kit off Amazon, and will be using your video to perform the replacement on my Left Joycon, I hope it works!

Installed mine today. Love them!

Hey thanks for the video the instruction were not helpful and I was stuck till I saw your video. Thank you

Thanks for video mate, just used it to change my sons joy con locks

Thanks for awesome vid. Helped me fix my son's Joycon. Top stuff.

Damn Nintendo for using plastic, we all have to do this eventually 😭

Thank you I was able to do this . Your a big help

Thank you so much! Even tho I disliked the music, your tutorial fixed an annoying problem I've been having for so long now

How do you effortlessly unscrew the triwings wth

Cheers for the vid,just changed my 2 sets of locks on joycons grey and neon .all failed.now fixed

Thanks this worked well for mine

OMG!This video helped me a lot!

Thanks for the video my dude

Thank you for the video😁

Hey thanks a ton, worked great!

Great tutorial!

Just did mine thanks alot

Please my tri-bit screw that I ordered isn’t working what do I do!?

my screws don't come off with the triwing...... what do i do?... i desperately tried to unscrew that Y00 screw but no success, didn't come off. Any tips for the screws to come off? And do you know any replacement screws that are made out of metal to avoid trouble in the future?

Good video and tutorial. It really helped a lot. But try to avoid the background music in the future. Or at the very least put it at about 25-30% the volume you had it here.

I did the replacement on my son's Switch. Easy peezy. However, the blue side won't lock. Any suggestions? The red locks fine

Nice video. Thanks.

I bought the Ifixit buckles, but it still slips out of lock

Thank you.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Thanks for making this video. This is a perfect fix. How about turning down the music next time. Not really what I needed to hear as my big shaky hands tried to follow along. Thanks.

i did the left side effortless a year ago. now i come to do the right....it slips right off the rail idk why...

gracias muy útil

I tried replacing mine but it gets stuck on the switch won’t come off how do I fix that

Thank you for this! I do believe I will be able to fix my slipping joycon no prob after I order the metal locks from Amazon meow.

Thanks, I paid £3 off amazon for the tri wing, philips, 2 pairs of metal latches. The tri wing was quite good, Its smaller than my tri wing from gamecube / Wii days lol. So satisfying to hear that click, and feel it lock after having them loose since literally the first week lol.

Thanks man!

Thanks man

I just received some joy cons from temu They're compatible with the Switch and you can't tell the difference. I like then a lot, but.... one of the joycon locking mechanism came broken. I'm comparing the real joycons from the fake ones and it looks to be the same type. If so... do ya'll think getting any regular joy con replacement locking mechanism tools will work on this fake joycon?

have you tried putting the joycon straps incorrectly.....did it come off easily with force or was it harder to force out?

thanks bro. your video very helpful . i save my penny from spend to much repair my joycon 🌹

i was worried it was gonna be really hard but its not thx for the vid

Very helpful

Any suggestions for what to do if one of those tiny Y screws is stripped? I got 3 of the 4 off the back, but my screwdriver won't get any purchase with the 4th.

1:40 Tutorial actually starts.

I replaced the lock, but it still comes off without hitting the button. Perhaps I put the spring in wrong? The button is a bit stiff.

Harder than it looks also im 15 so im pretty dumb with screws but GOOD TUTORIAL!

What do I do?! I can't get the metal plate that holds the plastic buckle off!

The screw that holds the latch together is hard to get out help

istg whatever i do the screws on the back won't even move a little bit haha

You might consider washing your hands and using a brush to clean under your fingernails.

Purchased a kit on eBay after seeing your video. How is it holding almost 11 months later, are they still good?

So,you’ve been using these metal lathes for almost two years. One question:do these latches damage the rails of the console/grip itself?

Did you have any trouble with stripped screws?

Are there any risks of ruining your joycons? Did your joycons still work properly after this?

How are they long term? Im worried about them wearing out the rails on my switch

How do you get the screws out if they get balled? 😓

i have these tools but theres one screw that dont want to be removed . rip

lost the spring when tried to put it back in... now i cant find it... but i found a kit where the springs are in but it will take a week to ship from uk to germany :(

U are small but have a bright future

I need help i got the kit when i tryed unscring the back of the joy con And i striped it helo me plz!!!

would it really blow the budget of nintendo if they made these metal to begin with, this is one of the most common issues with joycons and all nintendo would have to do is spend like 1 dollar on metal buckles and the issue is solved. Thanks for the video cant wait for my package to arrive.

I think you should raise the music

I pulled ofd thr ribbons think there is any chance of putting then back and saving the control?

There’s a reason why that lock is plastic, when you drop your switch the joycons are suppose to take the brunt of the force and they eject if they need too, I feel as if this would make the console more prone to breaking since the joycons can’t break loose, I’m just going to send my in to Nintendo

Hey man what did you do to your thumbstick. Looks cool

yo dudes, before you decide that the plastic clip in your joycon may be broken, make sure its not the joy-con grip that is the issue, I had a cheap knock-off grip that didn't have a metal rail, and it turns out that my clips weren't broken it was just that rail that was broken, if you have another grip controller, test it in that grip first to see if it slides out, I opened mine up for no reason only to find out I just had a bad grip controller :') I mean I had to open it anyway to fix the drift with some card stock but...I coulda saved myself some time if I just realized that my clips were fine. oh well xD

Got it from amazon for six dollars and i cant screw out the back screws tryed both screw drivers

im gonna be honest with you, are u a wizard because i know those screws on the back are hard to get off

How's your switch now?

Yo

I broke the ribbon thing what should I do plz help

I have a problem...I accidentally disconnected one of the orange ribbon thingies, how do I connect it again? Update:....It got ripped into two pieces...I broke my joycon, it doesn’t work anymore

So Nintendo glued my screws that lead to the spring on both my joy cons... so rather then me being able to unscrew them I damaged both screws. I tried both of the screw drivers both ways with little and a lot of pressure and still no success. 20 dollars well wasted

cute nails bro

I think I may have stripped some screws 😢

I orderd this on Amazon but their two gray screw dirver because amazon is an idiot

Good video. The music gave me cancer...

Just dont fuck your screw heads up! One of my screws were already worn so badly I couldnt unscrew it, so there's no getting in my joycon anymore lol

wow didn't know this was an option, is there any corners nintendo can't cut. TY!!

"Should pop right out" my ass 😑

bro next time use a different song this song got annoying quick

Damn ! 🎵Blaim it on those dirty nails baby🎵. Did you have to dig the package from China up? Good video but as my mind went from fixing shit..to cleaning your nails!

why do you have songs playing in the back. so annoying especially a tutorial video where you are trying to fix something.

when's the last time you washed your hands

Thanks, but the moronic robot spaz-attack music, in other words brostep, wasn't necessary.

Didn’t help at all and u ruined my joycon