The kit is now available for purchase! Helder and I shared ideas back and forth and he designed a very awesome flex PCB that installs in seconds! Thanks for your patience everyone! www.heldergametech.com/shop/playstation-4/analog-stick-drift-fix/

The problem with this mod is that you will be reducing the resistance of the original potentiometers. This can cause the analog sticks to have reduced motion (Maximizing too early) or low sensitivity (Never reaching its maximum like you found here 17:06). A way around it would be to replace the original potentiometers with a higher resistance ones so not only you would be able to calibrate drift but also the range of motion/sensitivity.

God dang, This is amazing. Would literally save the PCBs from getting destroyed by Desoldering Wicks when we try to take out the Analogs.

You sir are a badass. Makes so much sense as you can slide one way or another. So cool and genius solution.

you are A GENIUS! I was looking for something like this for a while! thank you for sharing.

🔥❤️‍🔥 I learn more and more every time I watch your videos. Thank you brother.❤️‍🔥🔥

Great vid, but way more complicated then needs be. I just put 2 10Mohm resistors in parallel with the wiper and the opposing leads and it worked great. I got the idea from this video though, so thanks!

This is excellent! Exactly what needed. Thanks for making this.

From Pakistan: high respects to your way of explaining

Wow. Another awesome video. Great way to think outside of the box and come up with a long term solution!

Thank you! I was able to fix my PS4 controller with two 42k resistors. I replaced the stick 2 times but the drift never disappeared, then I found your video

I'm amazed I watched the whole thing even tho I hated this subject in college. A gamer's interest in terms of efficiency of gaming is really amazing!

Thank you soooo much for this video. I’m a newb to electronics and just started learning reading my first book lol. I also started doing minor repairs and have hit a wall with these sticks. I got genuine Alps Alpine sticks direct and yet after install I still get stick drift on Xbox controllers. I had a feeling there had a be a way to calibrate these sticks like Nintendo does but could not find anything about it. Tried the Microsoft software that comes with windows which didn’t help. Maybe I did it wrong but after your vid I understand a lot more of how this all works so a huge thanks.

You and Helder are literally doing God's work.

THATS THE SOLUTION! After 2 years I finally found it. Thank you.

Hey! Asked for my buddies' broken controllers a month ago, bought some joysticks and after watching few of your videos, I have repaired one of the joysticks successfully! The disassembling joystick method as you are desoldering it was really helpful. Overall the joystick works, however it's from aliexpress, and they don't seem to be known for their precision lol

Great video! I really like the presentation and explanation. I was toying with the idea of replacing the potentiometers with Hall Effect Sensors (this is pretty common in high end Flight Sticks). Could be a neat experiment for a future video. Merry Christmas!

Awesome video!

I feel like I've just found the holy grail. Solderking can you give some advice on the best way to approach this for someone who has never soldered before? Like solder gun temperature and any other tips and tricks. Thank you you're doing Gods work 🙏

Great video! I just dealt with mine by heating the solder and wedging up the corner where my analog was drifting to, after much tweaking I finally got the pots tricked into thinking they were where they had to be!! Barbaric comparatively to this genius fix! I am definitely going to do this, however I don't run rumble motors so my plan is to split your design into 2 boards and hide them where the rumble motors go.

Genius solution, thank you!

Stay tuned everyone! Me and a friend are working on an awesome kit :)

Hey buddy, firstly I'd like to thank you for your straight to the point clear and concise info on all the intricates of these dodgy controls that we pay good money for. Me more than most I guess because I cannot see anyone on the net or KZfaq having fixed or attempted to fix an elite 2 control, of which I am on my second. It only took one drop on carpet to create permanent stick drift on the left analog. I had a few solutions so I thought, i had purchased two different analog sticks for the control to replace completely, first one ended up being a cheap ripoff even when I paid more money for than the second one which turned out to be as close to genuine that I have found on the internet. My soldering skills are a bit out if whack as I have not touched one for maybe 15 years as well as not having all the good stuff to make the job easier. In saying this cutting a long story short, i seem to be having the same problem no matter which analog I replaced, and because I had given up on it after months I then attempted an elite 1 controller, coincidentally with the same issues, of course, yet I keep getting the same result. And that is the analog thrown off completely out of the deadzone diagonally basically, and not responding to any movement. With both controls, elite 1 and 2. I'm almost certain that all these analogs cannot be bad, especially when I even had perfect analogs I've taken out if good working controls to replace in the elite 1, as of tonight I'm at my wits end now haha. I would love to be able to get any info or help from you, maybe even send my board if you are able to help with my elite 2 control, very similar to what you've done with all your other controls, I'm sure you'd have it fixed in 5 minutes. Thanks in advance with any info or help you could give me, I could send pics or videos if that would make it easier for you to understand. 😊

Thanks for the download!

Dammit i need this level of skill! Gotta go back to school i guess. Good video

WOW this is freaking genius, I just soldered a new stick module and had to "hunt" for a similar resistance pots. , but this will solve all of it! When my controller experience drift again ill be sure to get ur mod kits

Hello, good stuff right there. Those potentiometers are 50K ohm each right?

Hi! Enjoyed your tutorial on stick drift. I am wanting to substitute a different 10K pot onto my XBOX 1 controller so that I can use a turning disc under my bike's front tire to input steering in XBOX racing games. The bike is on a rear wheel stand, I use a standard speedometer on the rear wheel to sense speed. I removed the pot from my controller and used a multi-meter to try to measure resistance across the pot, but couldn't get the resistance to vary when I turned the pot with a small flat head screw driver. I also couldn't get any reading at all when I put the multimeter probes onto the solder spots on the board where the pot leads for the other joy stick (that I haven't removed from the board) are. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Ted

Awesome, pls make a DS4 kit too. Have you looked at hall effect sensors?

I would definitely be interested in a kit of this. It sounds like a fun project and useful too!

Hey, I have a Dualsense controller (2.3k Pots) with stick drift that I would like to integrate into an arcade stick. Because I only need to wire up the Dpad I would like to completely remove the analog sticks. After removing them how would I keep the analog sticks input at zero/neutral? Can I wire in a same size resistor on + to C and - to C of each pot and it will read neutral? Or am I misunderstanding how the potentiometers work? Thanks for any help!

what's the difference between the white and red circles in the testing app? You say the red one is the dead zone, but I don't get how you could adjust that separately since all you change the the wiper voltage, which should change the stick location.

Could you explain how it is possible that the total resistance values should be 10K but each side together is more than 10K.. I bought POTs that have like 10K from pin 1-3, but over 6K from 1-2 and 2-3.. I'm really confused by how this works.. Does this mean the POTs that I bougth are poorly produced?

hi! my analogue has trouble springing back into its neutral position. any ideas on a fix?

Microsoft an sony an also nintendo know this cccurs its been going on for too long an no one as implemented a fix,smells lik a cash cow to me.Thx for ur dedication an expertise for the gaming community.

nice explanation. question, what will happen if i replace the pot with 20K or a 5k.

what are the names of the wires you soldered? they are flexible and thin

2 questions. This wouldn't fix flicker would it? Why can't we simply tweak the values in software? All they do is deadzone. I can't find a single software that compensates by telling it the new zero value isn't 5k, but say 4.5k?

Newer to the hobby, so forgive my question if it seems silly. Does the Tension between 1,2,3 change drastically between soldering them to the board and not?

Yo can you sell me one of those boards. I have an elite controller and am absolutely thrilled about doing this to it. You're a freakin genius!

How come your PCBs only have one pot for each side instead the two you show on this video?

Is this useable for previous gens controller? Like xbox 360, PS1 and 2. Well mostly xbox 360 controller because they still are abundant and since most new analog stick replacement from china gonna drift anyway.

nice work, what cable do u use? ^^

Also does this affect fine aim for higher sensitivity players? Since you have induced voltages where they weren't designed? I have a funny feeling that was why you needed to give the analog a greater range of motion to eliminate the trickle your sending from the other side of the pot

What wire are you using?

Unfortunately I'm in need of calibrating my two x360 controllers, already replaced the analog sticks (both controller were super loose, now they are stiff as...) but those are not properly calibrated and not centered. EDIT: Just received my package with all the parts I think I need to make such board with potentiometers, gonna try that on both x360 controllers. EDIT 2: Okay, got my board prepared but when I solder wires to the x360 analog in the same way You solder your board to the analog the controler does not properly start and connect to PC, seems like I lack proper ground point, maybe anybody knows where I should solder my two red and black wires on x360 controller?

How much would I have to pay for you to do this with a dualsense and make the stick tension looser?

Man, we need an update to this.

why are still making youtube video launch your own company and use that idea you are the best the best!!!

There is this board that you can buy called something along the lines of Drift fix board and I was wondering if it did the same thing as your custom board? It looks like it installs right on the solder point of the potentiometer.

Hey bud, thanks for the informative video. I had a quick question.. If I wanted to completely remove the pots from the controller, couldn't I just solder a 10k resistor on pins 1 and 3 so the controller thinks the pot is connected and the stick is centered? Or how would I accomplish this? With what I'm using it for I don't need thumb sticks on my 2nd controller at all. I tried taking the little module / pots off the controller but it registers stick input towards one direction.. Not sure why when nothing is connected to the pcb where the pots were. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

can you do one with a ps4 controller?

Do you realize that you could partner and make SO much money... This is some genius level shit

Quick question. What do you use to secure your wire runs?

Omg all controllers should have this built in

What happens if you drop your controller though. Do you have to recalibrate it? It think you would.... Unless you could come up with a way to keep the pots from moving maybe some kind of paste or something what do you think about that.

Hey man, just wondering if you will be doing another video of installing the kit. I think this video is amazing I have 2 kits now. Just wanting to check before I go and mess everything up while trying to install it. Thanks!

there is really no video that says anything about the springs from RT and LT and i dont know if it is suposed to be stuck in place so i could maybe glue it back idk if anyone knows about it. if you know what i mean with the spring (it is a metal wire around a metal rod with in the middle a bit that goes away and comes back

Why can’t you add the ps3 Hall effect thumbsticks into a PS4 one. They both use a 3.2v design so you can rework the circuit with op amps to make the PS4 controller recognize the input from current to voltage. but they are not any kind of a drop in replacement for a POT style stick. None of those 4 connections, save for Ground, will go directly to the controller. The VCC for those things, IIRC, is 3.2v, and that is what the PS3 controllers were setup to use for their AN+ voltage. You could probably get away with installing them in a DS4, along with the Op-Amps for them, since they also run a 3.2v AN+ setup, but the DS5 there's going to need to be a bit more work done in there as they have a 1.8v AN+ setup. The best option would be to use the Op-Amp circuits from the controller that you get the sticks from. On the latter version controllers they crammed all of that mess, as well as some other stuff, into one single chip. That kind of controller you don't want for parts, so the MSU_VX3, MSU_VX4 and MSU_VX5, rule all of those out. You want the older style, MSU_V2, MSU_V3.5 or MSU_VX versions, as they all still have the Op-Amp setups. The Op-Amps each have a handful of support circuitry as well, Resistor and Caps, that also will need to be installed. Best thing to do there would be to get an older style DS3, tear it down and reverse that section of the thing, then make up your ow boards for the components. It's not going to be a nice quick and easy thing to do, but it's doable.

Awesome idea, what resistance pots did you use?

I wish they'd just start using good components again. I never even heard of stick drift until last gen.

Where do you buy your replacement analog sticks from?

Does this only solve for stick drift or would it also make it more accurate as you moved the sticks throughout their range of motion?

Where do you get a perfectly balanced ones? And you earned a sub!

Im aware of the kits you offer, but unfortunately they do me no good as I have no experience with soldering. You make it look so easy, but I can only imagine soldering is a skill set that takes much experience. So my question is, do you repair controllers for customers? Or do/would you fit a controller with the kit for someone like myself who can't make the modification on my own? Desperately seeking solutions to this drift nightmare. I have spent more on controllers so far than I did for the Xbox one console originally! Downright infuriated player right here. I need a hero so I can get back to being a hero myself saving the world via fps games!! Need reliable controller to achieve this however. Help!

I have a question, hopefully you can help. The right joy sticks drift was stuck as far right as possible, I changed the stick and both pots but it still had the same issue. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks in advance!

Were can i get that board and the parts? I would like to try that mod for my self to

I don't get why you need two adjustment pots per axis. Seems like one between the wiper and the leg that's it's "too far" from would do. Can you explain?

do gamecube controllers please

Funny, I found this video by planning on doing the same thing but only using the potentiometers temporarily to get the values to solder resistors in place. I have a controller that even after changing the stick 3 times (thinking I did something wrong), all 3 were way out the same. Sony must of calibrated the controller with a not so good pot so now it is stuck that way forever. Thanks for this video, it has confirmed my idea.

Not bad but I can see big problems here....first. when the pots will continue to degrade over time you'll have to adjust more and more to compensate untill you can't anymore... 2 ND issue is, there is no fix if the resistive path is damaged making the stick sensitivity inconsistent. And your stick will move all over the place... The only fix i see here is hall effects sticks.

Hello, a couple years ago I got into repairing ps4 controllers and I been having problems with the drift I have a little set up and physically know how to replace the analog stick, but what im struggling with is the Potentiometers. I don't know which one to use for like the common ps4 controllers like jdm 010/30/40 basically the controllers with blue joysticks. I bought some Potentiometer with the 10kohm resistance but it didn't work. So the question is how do I know what resistance Potentiometer to use?

I remember the Dreamcast controller....they were magnetic

To fix range of the stick, can you add a permanent resistor to leg 1 or 3 of the x or y axis analog stick potentiometer (no cutting or Dremel)?

I am not sure standard sticks even reach 100% input value I believe it's less.

Can you fix my controller

So I've now tried your two pot method on a couple joysticks and I still find that it's got just as much distortion as adding one adjustment pot. That is to say, you can easily fix stick drift, but it distorts the rest of the range badly between the center dead zone and the full travel of the joystick. I'm doing the same thing you are (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrGApqyknJ-RoY0.html) but just with full size pots so that it's easy to see what's going on. In theory your solution should work great, but in practice there's something odd about how the official xbox one controllers read out the joystick pots.

we could do the same by just usin 2 for each stick.

Hey! Really like your idea, but how to do this with only 2 potentiometers on one stick? Really cant understand how it works.

awesome fix long overdue, but whats taking so long with launching...?? Anybody tried the Elder board drift modules....similar product...??

Ok ok so the science behind it is amazing. I literally started soldering 2 days ago. Just To solder in new analog sticks and I did eventually! But they still drift. New sticks still drift! I posted a video about it and guy told me I need to calibrate them. Which then brings me to “ so you need to calibrate the new sticks” or they useless. So I’m guessing I wasted £10 for 2 sticks because idk how to calibrate them. Then this dude building some crazy box thing with a few screws and living in 2040 while me and my soldering skills are in 2013 still. I have a PS4 controller with stick drift and I can’t fix it. I wished in the uk there was some dude who live 2 miles away that could show me how to fix. Or just help. PS4 pads suck ass. Bro what is that thing you got! Potentiometer box thing. That’s everybody’s dream. I have a guy with 3 dead controllers due to stick drift, How the heck man. Great video.

you just need to sue the console manufacturers due to the lack of calibration in the console menu

You said this is simple lol, for who… not me, this video is awsome but not sure I can do it.

You know it's bad when they add a setting to compensate for a malfunctioning piece of hardware into the game itself.

I suggest this mod to my friend he said f it's not possible

wtf is this

easier way just get the program to recalibrate your joystick this is what the manufacturer does when the build these things.

thats false.. unbalance resistance its not a problem..the manufacture software calibrate them based of the resistances(or voltage drop) they got.

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Nothing like trying to teach electronics to bunch of kids who play games all day. Are you serious? Two thumbs down on this video

This is a specific issue of stick drift that won't solve the breakdown of the carbon tracing in the wiper required for the POT to function, which is another condition coined under "Stick Drift".

Absolutely amazing.. simple yet effective solution to a problem plaguing all gamers worldwide.. Brings the question however, why don't Sony and Microsoft include this fix in their controllers from the get go 🫢🤔 Ah yes right so they can sell us controllers for 60 Bucks separately 😂 goddamn