Buy a can of electrical contact cleaner

Hey thanks for the great vid man. I just finished cleaning up some originals that I just bought. Unfortunately, the black gears are all worn out so ordered some replacement bits, will definitely come back to this clip once the parts arrive in case I get lost on the way out haha.

Hey, just a heads up. Isopropyl alcohol is known to be harmful to some plastics regarding their longevity. If you leave some plastics in alcohol, it will start to degrade within a few hours. Idk what these sticks are made from, but it might be safer to just use water with soap.

12:00 super tiny shit, got it

dude's a genius.

So, I followed this tutorial but the gears are so worn that my joystick is still wobbly. What do I do? Did I miss something?

so I can do this clean/repair even if its very worn down, I see in some other videos that its created almost a powder like mass from the grinding of the plastics against eachother, at that point, isnt it ruined?

How often do you do this?

Super helpful video, and as a bonus there's a "involuntary ASMR" quality to it (I mean this as a compliment!)

Great video.

Super straightforward and easy to follow! Thanks for making this

Thanks, man! This did the trick! 😊

You could make a drinking game with how many times this guy says Isopropyl. lol

Thanks Buddy

Good video, I replaced all 4 of my N64 controller with a new joystick.

I can’t open the screw to the joystick. I’m twisting in the right direction but I’m not entirely sure if I’m doing it right or if I’m just not strong enough

I tried to open one as a kid and I'll never forget the spring popping out and it went flying across the room I tried to put it back together but the joystick would just lay to the sides it had no flex 😂

Mate, I recently bought a n64 and it came with a controller and a bought another controller, both controller were in a bad state, I followed your instructions and wow that was a miracle happening right there, thank you for this, both controller feels and play amazing.

I bought a used N64 controller recently and it didn’t quite work right because of the analog stick. This video was easy to follow along with and instilled confidence in me that I could do a simple clean up of the controller. My $30 spent wasn’t wasted on a controller thanks to the clear guide and it’s fully functional. Thanks!

Mine dig not look like yours at all. But I simply cleaned inside ant put a little bit of silicone grease. And now min it’s as new. But I ordered new ones that supposedly should hold up better.

Awesome. This will be my next little project since I really want to use my N64 again after many years. Thank you!

Great video! I appreciate how thorough you went to explain the cleaning process.

Isopropyl

Do you have to lubricate it

Does cleaning and lubricating fix the looseness and floppiness of the stick?

Your kids toothbrush? That dangerous 😂

Making life easy for us. Thanks!!

mine feels really scratchy now even after i cleaned and lubed it with joystick butter

6:53 "Just 'cause I'm super anal, and I'm just gonna press it down in the hole, to get that inner ridge..."

Is isopropyl alcohol better than normal ethyl alcohol?

I swear the mario party rowing mini game is a joystick killer

Bookmarked this video~! Thank you!

Nice guide thanks brother

Did replacement with the kit bensch parts and the stick gets stuck

I have two and just bought two more, i need to go through all of them however one of the one I bought has seen a lot of use and I am slightly worried that the mechanism is worn down to much as the amount of slop is somewhat concerning. Any chance that it could be salvageable? Also what alternatives are there to the “joystick butter?” To me it looks like lithium grease in a precise injector applicator. More restorations and cleanups of other n64 accessories would be nice but I don’t know your personal life so I’ll wait.

Thank you so much! Used this video as a guide to install new gears in my really bad OEM controller... It was very very loose.

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What's the best thing to do if the joystick is a bit loose/worn out?

Thank yoi

lmao @ the part where you put the stick back together being the most replayed part. people out here struggling.

Where can I get good quality replacements for the button pads?

To this day I feel the n64 joystick is the most sensitive and accurate analog stick. More than ps3/ps4 and xbox360/one try playing perfect dark on n64 and then switch to the remaster. Aiming is so much harder on a 360 controller

Awesome video man. Great information and clear camera work. Well done. Need to do this on my controller as well. Just curious does this eliminate the "slop" that older N64 controller get or is that due to something breaking inside?

Legendary!

don't work for me help

Does wd40 work the same as isopropyl alcohol?

Really thorough! Thanks for this video!

This video helped, a lot. Thanks

I've done this repair many times but I always come back to this video just to listen to while I clean these stick boxes, always good to go back and make sure you're doing it correctly