Fixing Stick Drift on a Meta Quest 1, 2, Rift S controller #419

[j.lietka]

Seems like the manufacturer didn't intend them to be repaired but replaced! 😂 😠 Great repair, even with the difficult disassembly/ reassemble!

[Bromon]

The design of that ring assembly screams “we don’t want you repairing these yourself. Give us more money by buying a replacement instead.”

[Foobar_The_Fat_Penguin]

I feel like there ought to be a special place in hell for whoever designed this device.

[roderickkennedy]

great job Graham, really interesting to see the engineering involved in the tech, eye opening.

[somewaresim]

You have a lot of patience Graham! Good job.

[hisgen]

For the first time I have a product with the exact same problem, so I was really happy to find out you(!) made a video about it. But if you are having a difficult time disassembling this thing, I'm absolutely discouraged to do this myself 😅😂

[AKCobra]

This is a great video. For those less handy though (like me), a little contact cleaner squirted into the seam for the thumb control does the job. It's not a permanent fix, but it lasts a couple of weeks and can be repeated as needed. I did this for several months with my Quest 2, got me through until it was time to upgrade.

[VRekt]

I tried replacing them once with those black ones on my Rift S controllers... they were terrible and after disassembling those modules it was clear why. I ended up just disassembling the old original joystick modules, wiping the contact points with a cotton swab (q-tip), first with one side drenched in wd-40 than wiped it clean with the dry side. It worked perfectly as new on both controllers ever since. And btw I followed the video on labcraft59's channel, he's way of disassembly/assembly is better. You don't need to disconnect the board completely, you only need to disconnect the battery and antenna wires to be able to replace the joystick module.

[JohnPine]

Man...Graham has the patience of Jobe.

[dazzypops]

It's a good job the main point of failure is so easy to get to. Getting the parts to pop out of place made my eyes cringe.

[MrBarrytommy]

Well done I'd run for the hills & hide 😂

[chrismoule]

Good job I don't possess a similar controller: not gonna go through all that. Well done.

[crazeay]

Thanks for the vid, very helpful; However, whoever assembled my left controller used an impact drill to put the screws in and now two screws are striped, RIP.

[harveybrooks]

Mine has major drift on the left stick.
Wish there was a halleffect replacement.
I noticed that the switch joystick replacements come as halleffect for some.
They have exact same ribbon cables and size of a joystick. Imagine combining both sticks to custom a halleffect version?

[vandit]

It turns out that the sticker from OQ2 fits the first model?

[rageshadey]

I got all the way up to the point where you have to flip the the module out and the cable connecting the module to the to the ring tore.😅

[OrinCole-savage]

for some reason on mine controllers for the 2 screws for the front panel, one of them is a completely different screw which is supper annoying for me

[NoName-rvsx]

thanks, sad that the adhesive has to go

[catonthemat]

Hi, could I ask you which ebay listing you used? My Q1 controllers just now started drifting, and I'm looking for the replacements that you used.

[terminusaquo]

The Quest 2 controllers are the same basic design but are round where the buttons and analog stick are instead.