ModFreakz® - How To Solder Xbox One Analog Joystick In Place

[@Alexwhatisit]

This is by far the best video out there on fixing the analog sticks on Xbox controllers. Everyone else has you doing practically a complete tear down but you show perfectly that you don't need to do that. Thank you!!

[@Mr_Philip2]

This video helped me a lot! The grey plastic part that sticks out the top snapped, while trying to glue it back together I drop a glob of plastic bonder into the analog box! Thank you!!

[@jacobbeeman9810]

Best how to solder video I've ever seen. Great job man

[@JoshuaNightingale]

Wasn't perfect but it does help a great deal.

[@Noutafun]

Thanks for having one of the few vids where it’s not just tearing the joy con apart. I’m about to practice on an old controller before I fix the intended one and this video is really helpful

[@JoshuaNightingale]

After every solder point you should wipe off your solder pen or gun tip on a wet sponge with distilled water to help with oxidation of the solder tips before moving to the next solder.

[@greiginvietnam]

Thanks. Nice tip :)

[@BodmonBullet]

So the objective is to help the solder tips to oxidize?

[@Gamerager45]

How hot of a soldering iron are you using Also great explanation mate.

[@apexnine]

Worked for me. I have minimal experience in soldering, but was still able to remove and add new solder just fine. Thank you! Attempting to fix it and succeeding sure beats not trying and just going straight out and spending $60 on a new controller. I bought four analog replacements (four in case any were defective) on Amazon for about $6 total.

[@apexnine]

As a note, I used a general hobby soldering iron. I let it heat up for a long time. I added solder to the tip to tin it (the iron tip) before removing old solder with suction. I then used clean iron tip to add new solder (I'm not sure that's how you're supposed to do this. I thought my work mates told me to keep it tinned when adding new solder, too, but that didn't seem to work to well for me.)

[@bradleykohler]

That tip about leveraging in corner was what I needed. Thanks!

[@Cosmos-lq1lx]

THE VIDEO I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!

[@-rekon8612]

Same

[@Red_AIert]

This will be the video that taught me what I needed to do to replace my Xbox One thumbstick mechanism. I’ve replaced a few bumpers before but never actually did any soldering. I think you did a thorough job explaining this and I do appreciate it. I’m getting ready to buy my first soldering kit on Amazon right now. Liked & subbed. Thanks a lot gamer. 👍🏼✌🏼

[@thecomputerguyonline]

Great video! Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do this properly. Could you recommend a soldering iron, type of solder & the temperature you recommend using while working on this type of repair job?

[@DaCom3AK]

What temp did you use on the soldering iron?

[@Rhawk03]

Fixed my analog!!! thanks!

[@NelsonCartierGaming]

I did this job before and it worked good last time but today I did a new job on the series x putting a new analong on and now the right analog stick is showing it’s being pushed to the left what to do hope I explain it well this is a new analog I soldered on

[@genosiaproduction7091]

How come it doesn’t work for me I did everything this video shows but my soldering gun can’t melt the metal off

[@urbbs09]

Are you using a tinner? Is your iron getting up to temp?

[@johnsmith-ik8il]

I'm going to try this, I'll let you know how it goes.

[@YeezyMcgeezy]

How do you prevent the solder sucker from pulling up the solder pads for the joystick?

[@rw2fro]

Hey, thanks for posting 🤗 i will try and do the same now

[@jx36]

what wattage iron do you use? ihave a 60w set at 450c and i cant get shit to melt on this board

[@MisterSirJeff]

Same problem here

[@Zopiexx]

Same

[@Steve-ob2zg]

Same, the solder joints don’t melt. Tried up to 450, soldering iron working, but trying to get any solder to move on the joints is a bitch.

[@martinrangel8157]

What is the temp you do on the soldering?

[@WorkingManReads]

Awesome video

[@randalth3vandal619]

Good shit, brotha!!

[@xiahra9401]

How hot is your soldering voltage

[@tjwCENA]

For the life of me cant desolder the points out completely even with wick

[@dseenationalx428]

Is doing outdoor okay

[@simpleclips7341]

what are the tools you used i want to buy them ? ,also thx for the helpful video

[@enocramirez884]

I tried this but the stick is now out of range in gamepad tester, the circularity is a perfect square. Is there a specific joystick I have to buy

[@weezyf775]

why isn't the factory solder melting for me? i dont want to leave it on for too long but surely it was longer enough

[@austin568]

What temp was it at?

[@JPTG717]

Ive done 2 joysticks and both times after replacement ive made it worse somehow. The joystick goes to the right or left so fast i cant make it go the other way. What am i doing wrong?

[@pinacoladatv808]

Josh Plays Terrible Games yeah me too I need jelp

[@SpecializedP2Ler]

Stole a sensor from my 360 controller, it worked!!!!

[@kocsis1978]

Stop lying, the x360 controller analog sensor is smaller, you can't fit that 1:1 i can guarantee

[@SpecializedP2Ler]

@@kocsis1978 no you can't, because I did it, hell I still have both the sensors if you really need proof I can send you a picture

[@MrSodaBelly]

I NEED UR EXACT TOOLS THO. Can you please provide a link??

[@The--Old]

Any recomendations on replacement sticks or are they pretty much all the same?

[@JoshuaNightingale]

Always make sure you use the same stick you have. Some could be different a bit which will make it hard to work.

[@Smokebrick]

The-Old if you’re still looking for ones, check out battlebeaver replacement modules cuz they have various tension options and are higher quality than stock

[@TheHipisterDeer]

Doesn't really matter

[@tntoscarandbuddythedog3781]

I did this but the analog stick kept moving up and right and I couldn't even move it to another place

[@kidnamedfinger4538]

Does this work on a series x controller?

[@sabor9922]

If you were to charge someone for this how much would it be

[@juliomanuel8664]

I got 3 i need fix

[@urlocalserenityyy05]

@@juliomanuel8664 bro what is wrong with all of them and I might can help

[@juliomanuel8664]

@@urlocalserenityyy05 Left stick dont work. It moves by its self

[@urlocalserenityyy05]

@@juliomanuel8664 yeah I cant help you there unless you shipped it to me and I did a physical repair but I dont trust myself like I belive I could do it but I dont wanna take the small chance if me ruining someone else's controller so I'm sorry to hear that...I know how to fix it but it takes special tools

[@juliomanuel8664]

@@urlocalserenityyy05 im sure it does. I bought 2 this year 2 last year ..but i guess ill just buy another thanks anyways

[@Truckerjayjay]

When I try desolder it, I end up sucking up the contact points aswell as the solder

[@SDogo]

Then you overheated the pads.

[@FearisThaVirus]

I have done this exactly. Been learning more and more about soldering, never knew how complex this hobbie /job can be. I think I just need to find a good flux and cleaning method as well as the optimum heat temperature to be using that won’t burn my boards and destroy the contact pads. I see you play Cuisine Royale, I’m lovin that game right now, just hit lvl 200😝

[@akarshanmishra2351]

@@FearisThaVirus is there any way around of a burnt contact pad ? I messed up mine and lost 2 pads and one of em was a potentiometer one

[@q_q8590]

@@akarshanmishra2351 You just can't hold the soldering iron close to the board for too long. A good rule of thumb is to only keep it next to the board for 2-3 seconds, anything longer and you risk damaging components or the pads themselves

[@terellmccray9189]

I have severe tendinitis and can only play with the hori mini ps4 controller because of this but the sticks have too much tension and cause my thumbs too become tired fast. Does anyone know a company or person i can pay to have the tension reduce in the thumbsticks to that controller? Anyones help would be much appreciated

[@thefreezezone4583]

part number and where to buy replacement sticks?

[@youtubeuser9539]

Freeze eBay sells them very cheap

[@Liqweed1337]

soldering is a pain in the ass.. also min wont heat up on the tip, what makes soldering kinda impossible

[@JoshuaNightingale]

Try adding a bit of Flux to the solder. Should help.

[@stevied3400]

Liqweed1337 Throw directly into fireplace to heat it up 👍

[@FearisThaVirus]

Liqweed1337 you might be letting your solder tip get oxidized, which will affect the heat transfer greatly. You want to be constantly cleaning the tip off via sponge/ and or copper mesh while at the same time tinning the solder tip. To do this you just apply solder to the tip and reapply as needed. You should end up using more solder keeping your tip tinned than what is actually used on the board itself.

[@robbRm]

What is the tool in his left hand?

[@AndyMitchellUK26]

To remove the solder? That would be a solder sucker.

[@MrCosmoe333]

Welp I tried it and ruined my controller guess I wasn't ment for soldering 😔😔

[@partydudestudios]

Does anyone know ,what can cause it to have drift after replacing the analog stick?

[@partydudestudios]

Miguel Maldonado , i don’t think so because I also wanted to replace another analog from a controller that didn’t have any issue it was just that the first owner glued a joystick to the analog stick so it broke when trying to remove the old joystick , and know that controller has drift on left one when the one I tried to replace was the right one

[@JoshuaNightingale]

Not sure what you mean by drift, Could be a bad solder causing the analog stick not to work correctly though.

[@battt1718]

@@JoshuaNightingale I'm guessing drift is when the analog stick moves by itself.

[@geoffreyveale7715]

The original controllers are software calibrated in the factory to suit the analog sticks. You will be lucky if a new stick centers exactly like the old one. There is a video on YT showing a trick to manually tweak the pots or if using on a PC it can be calibrated on the PC. I would advise to try cleaning the wipers in the old pots if the problem is stick drift. Also there are some really bad (cheap) analog sticks being sold that have big dead zones.

[@waynebenno1399]

Hi I soldered one on right stick my left and right works but don't go up and down any ideas plz

[@JoshuaNightingale]

Redo the solder, Sounds like you didnt solder one of the pins correctly. Be careful not to damage it.

[@Alexwhatisit]

Make sure the up and down sense is properly connected.

[@seethisth4753]

Hi there. I've just replaced my analog stick. Soldering went fine, but is now sort of snapping at 45 degree angles. Did I do something wrong or is it just a fake and shitty analog stick that I bought? While testing it can go to 100% on both axis which is not possible on original stick.

[@martyn5064]

Did you sort the problem? Mine are doing the same. I can move the stick to any point, but they 'hug' the 4 axis (up, down, left and right), so its really hard to get it to go where I want it. Found this out when I use the controller tester app on the Xbox one. I wonder if its a tension issue.

[@mariov9011]

👍

[@urbbs09]

What aftermarket joysticks do you recommend? Difference between the 3d joystick modules and non 3d? Thanks

[@shino___]

Does this also work on a wired controller?