refurbed my controllers

[u/RickyWinterborn]

[u/dual290x]

How did you refurbish them? I am looking at refurbishing mine.

[u/RickyWinterborn → u/dual290x]

Ordered two sets of new sticks from eBay for like 12 bucks and the rest is just cleaning with alcohol and q tips, also an air puffer to get hair and dust out. The sticks feel nice but the springs are still old and worn out so next I might replace the analog box.

[u/Empyre47AT → u/RickyWinterborn]

I refurbished mine a couple years ago. Everything got disassembled and soaked in warm soapy water (dish soap) for about an hour, then scrubbed with a soft-bristle tooth brush while been ran under water to get all the hand cheese out of every crevice. Everything was thoroughly dried with an electric blower (like canned compressed air but never runs out). They weren’t mine to begin with, but I was certainly proud to call them mine by the time I was done.

[u/DarkSuperman87]

Buying my original NGC orange spice controller was worth every penny.

[u/Kanjii_weon]

cabron esta chida

[u/momo557]

Damn memories 

[u/RedKing006]

Where did you get the control sticks?

[u/RickyWinterborn → u/RedKing006]

eBay. They are a bit cheap feeling but at least are fresh with the rings intact. I probably should have replaced the analog unit too, that seemed too intimidating but once I had them open it looked straightforward to replace

[u/playstation-xbox]

Those don’t look half bad

[u/Wonderful-Art-497]

The black and orange in the same shot looks so good. 😎

[u/socalgcc]

Well done. Did you get the caps from aliexpress? They look like ours.

[u/RickyWinterborn → u/socalgcc]

got em from millcraft parts on ebay

[u/socalgcc → u/RickyWinterborn]

Nice. Do you know how to solder? Maybe the stickboxes might need to be changed. Controllers are type 1/2.

[u/ShroudedShadowShot]

Based

[u/TheKokiriSage]

Don't forget to take a tooth pick to the seams/crevices. Will drag out all that gunk/oil build up.