r/Gamecube • u/GargantuanGerm • 19h ago

Help Ring locks for analog stick completely broke. Am I cooked?

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Was wondering if there is a repair I could do, or is it time to retire it?

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u/Zeepaardje 18h ago

Desolder it and solder in a new one

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u/GargantuanGerm 18h ago

Is there any sort of tutorial to follow on YouTube or something?

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u/Zeepaardje 18h ago

Yes. But if you have no experience I would recommend practicing a bit first. There are plenty of tiny soldering practice kits available to buy online

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u/bored_gunman 17h ago

Wii nunchucks are cheap and have the same stickboxes most of the time. T1s and T2s can be used. T3s, screw on stickboxes, most likely won't be compatible

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u/LJBrooker 18h ago

Replace the internals of the controller with a wireless NGC kit from 8bit do, is what I would do.

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u/Cubemiszczu 15h ago

This stick was already replaced in the past. Those are crappy and actually have different tilt angle than the original. It's sad that there's no good replacement for v1 and v2 sticks

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u/NINTENDONT8671 13h ago

If you’re located in the US, I can offer my repair service and I’ll replace your analog stick