There are videos with millions of views that give us zero information and bad video quality. This is the first ps4 controller disassembly guide, that is satisfying to watch! Thanks

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thanks man :)

@2500lild

3 жыл бұрын

Fax

@ralph1389

3 жыл бұрын

Fr thanks a lot tho

@InterdimensionalDudeMan

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i actually realized i am unqualified to do these repairs. The other videos gave me false confidence. Unfortunately PS4 remotes have become so hard to find I'm getting desperate. I may have to buy the soldering kit and get to work.

@wheezsr

2 жыл бұрын

@@InterdimensionalDudeMan I'm in the same boat I have three controllers all with different issues. Now I have to take apart two of them to make one good one but always screw up those clip things and break them when I disassemble this stuff. Been watching bunch of videos if anybody has any more tips on what not to do would be greatly appreciated.

I'm the luckiest man in the world I pop open the controller without knowing about the ribbon cable and it unpluged itself perfectly

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

😄👍

@kevinbarnett2060

3 жыл бұрын

@@RestoreTechnique t

@cryptogods5428

3 жыл бұрын

After reading this literally the same thing happened to me.

@_kingclutchx_1917

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not fragile, I take apart my controller all the time, and did this a lot didnt break it once

@yellowjacket3668

3 жыл бұрын

@@_kingclutchx_1917 kinda because it a ribbon cable

Finally a video which actually shows how to disassemble a DualShock 4 properly, I couldn't find a video which shows how to deal with the clips, some even skipped that process.

@austiny2028

3 жыл бұрын

I. Rome my controller 8 times still fixed it 😭

@austiny2028

3 жыл бұрын

Broke

@itsmesteve1081

2 жыл бұрын

Asmr ftw

"Cool people leave likes" Yup. It's tough being cool😎

This video takes in consideration some details that other videos don't. I've never done this in it actually worked. I am glad that I do not need do change the entire stick. Thank you so much man you are awesome ✌🏻

I think the only tip left out here was to make sure you’re in a well ventilated room/area if you do decide to solder anything not just the controller. Other than that this is the best ps4 controller disassembly video I found. Cheers everyone and game on!

@wrathcamilo

6 ай бұрын

Why?

@Sr_iRL

6 ай бұрын

@@wrathcamilo breathing the smoke/fumes is bad, here is a small excerpt from a quick google search: Inhalation of dusts and fumes may cause irritation of the upper respiratory tract. Inhalation of freshly formed metal oxides may cause metal fume fever, a brief (24-48 H) flu-like illness. Inhalation of tin oxide may cause pneumonia.

@adamcolbertmusic

18 күн бұрын

​@@wrathcamilo soldering wire is often around 40% lead, so you don't want to breathe in the fumes

Anyone who doesn’t want to risk their anolag disc. Just try blowing into the sticks when you open them carefully and pull dog hairs out if you have any. Great video!

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers :)

Just like all the rest of the comments are saying, i will add and say that this is a superb quick tutorial! As simple as can be while not missing anything. Thanks. P.S. Scuf thumbsticks no matter the size and shape fit perfectly onto the stock ps4 modules.

@demonplayz4032

2 жыл бұрын

THANKS I'm 14 and you helped me fix it in 2 minuets your the best

Thank you so much for making this vid. Super helpful and made the experience of taking apart the controller and cleaning it waaaay less scarier.

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Thanks 👍 just saved me 85$ Left thumb stick was not responding to up input. Pried contact open, gave it a nice cleaning, put it all back together and works perfectly again

I just took apart my controller and did this. I didn’t think I’d be able to get it back together when I took it apart but I actually fixed my analog sticks and the buttons! Thank you!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

That's great! 😀

Thanks for this video i fixed my controller. I didn’t feel comfortable at first to solder on my controller but it all went good

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Well done 😄

@mafiapig349

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao my shit broke

@waveydaveygaming8107

2 жыл бұрын

@@mafiapig349 damn😭

@elijxhbtw6277

2 жыл бұрын

@@mafiapig349 😭😭😭

@kalingenin

2 жыл бұрын

@@mafiapig349 same D:

This has helped so much I've been having problems with the sway in one of my controllers and I had already cleaned the metal prongs and the pad that they lay on and nothing helped THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Great video, I've got water in my controller and I'm more confident to open it now after watching your video. Thanks very much. Best one so far on KZread 👍👍

Have taken apart ps controllers and Xboxes in the past I never thought I'd have so much trouble with a controller and now my controller is fixed and it isn't sticking anymore thank u for making the video.

You really just explaind how I can get a visual read before using it on the game thanks so much time cut in half

It was like asmr. I almost got slept.

Mate, you have no idea how helpful this was. My problem was left analog stick drifting up every few seconds, so I focused only on that and didn't do any extra stuff you did in this video. Also since I am fairly clever person, I changed sticks since original left stick was without gum etc. Now I am ready to get my 6 wins in fifa 21 weekend league. No more drifting!!! Thank you, good man.

@iamtrue._.9181

2 жыл бұрын

Thx

Amazing video! All the close ups, step by step guide and edition! Fantastic!

Finally a video that clearly shows where the clips are on the 2 shells .

Thank you so much brother man! been skeptical to do this for months, but thankfully you showed me clearly and my joysticks are NORMAL again i thank you !

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, cheers :)

Wish i watched this before opening mine

Trying to open the controller was harder there are many scratches outside but its working like a charm thanks

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Cool 👍

Dude thank you for this, my right joystick was starting to move steady to the left, and randomly twitch up. You saved my sanity ❤

@RestoreTechnique

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, ur welcome

Amazing video man!👍👍I was looking for this solution and hopefully you showed everything clearly. Please keep posting on other repairability of components like power supply, disc drive etc. It is of great help man!!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers man 😃

Thanks for the amazing content! So satisfying!

This worked for my left analog stick- it was sticking *no pun intended* and your visuals helped me fix it thank you.

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

That's great 👍

Wonderful tutorial. I didn't do the soldering stuff. Felt a little too risky for me. But everything else worked.

@mnu1104

2 жыл бұрын

Word

Had crazy vertical drift on right analog stick, I've fixed this by cleaning, using your video :) Thanks!

@PVEDAYZXB

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly my left stick drift didn't get fixed from this teardown. I cleaned everything, still have issues probably a bent contact or something. New controller time u guess 😔

The timing on the like shake down earned my like

I love DIY stuff like this. Been opening my electronics and cleaning/maintaining them for years. Thank you for your awesome step by step guide kind sir!

Thank you man, my stuck went wonky during ghost recon and it just needed to be readjusted. Now it almost plays like its new, bless you.

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

That's great, you're welcome!

One of the best Soldering works i saw in YT.. Clean Job Bro.. Thank You.. And Good Luck ❤ Subscribed for sure.. Continue ✌

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

😃 Thanks!

Really like how you put the camera so we were able to see what you did. You get a thumbs up just for that.

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers :)

Thanks, i had a serious drift on both sticks and I only used this controller for like 100 to 120 hours (I don't play ps4 that much since I bought it). I have two controllers and one was very faulty, never had the motivation to return it to Sony. This video helped me open the beast and clean the sticks. Now it's as good as new (plugged in to my PC to see how the sticks were acting before and after cleaning them). Many thanks! It was simple!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet 👍

My controller is a different model, but taking it apart and replacing the parts were relatively similar. Thank you for sharing this video.

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks 😄

This is a fantastic tutorial! Thank you for uploading and sharing your knowledge!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers :)

Great video and great job man! I had problem opening controler 😏 Thank you mate!

*accidentally powers up ps4 putting back together* Analog no longer just going up.... It worked. It worked! IT WORKED!! Thank you so much!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, well done. I often press the PS button accidentally when fixing controllers, and my housemate is downstairs watching TV and the PS comes on all of a sudden 😆

Well done, my controller was broken for months and now it's fixed.

What's amazing is that I came looking for this video exactly for this reason while playing Last of Us 1. It's a pretty hilarious coincidence.

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Haha nice, tailor made for you 👌

Great video dude ! 👍🏼

I know I'm going to sound repetitive but man oh man you really did help me out so much and I'm thankful for you video and thank for the info to help others. Great Job! Thank you again!

Best guide ever! Fixed my DS4 quickly! Thanks for the guide.

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks! 😀

Thanks for showing the locations of the clasps no one else shows that

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! I've been frustrated with other videos in the past, so I made sure mine was clear 👍

Thank you so much! I had jittering in the vertical directions on the left stick, and wiping the contacts with isopropyl alcohol totally fixed it! Great quality video!

thank you for listing the specific type or model of equipment you used so I can go and buy or get it. 10/10

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

🙂👌

This with other controllers helped me fix the button I needed to fix without having to buy a new controller thanks!!!!!

@RestoreTechnique

Жыл бұрын

No worries 👍

Good clean work!

i Love your Work Bro 💪

As I watch this Im cleaning my controller, pressing pause. Ive been at this for an hour and a half plus I ate some food and even got distracted so honestly I have at least 3.5 hours invested into my controller and this video and Im telling myself "lots of tedious care required for this specific procedure... I wish" Ive been cut off from my 🚂 of 💬 with a genius pick I will add "getting things done like i have a goal" type of music and my frustration is gone 😄 Thanks Dude! Great video overl all for texts instead of an audible narrative Editing on point with the timing. I would like to see more animations and sound effects. They're fun 😄

Fantastic video!! Had to take mine apart for a deep clean and customization and this was perfect! Thinking now might also be a good time to get back to an old broken dualshock i have in storage...

@RestoreTechnique

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks, glad it helped 😀

Thank you!!!! I bought a new controller a month ago and it started to stick drift yesterday (I like to play FPS so the run button always gets messed up) I did exactly what you did, cleaned it and put it back together and it’s not drifting anymore!!!! It was driving me insane. Thank you!!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome 👍

You saved my controller, I cleaned the contacts and good to go

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic 😃

Great tutorial, I had problem with my PS4 controller, so I took it apart for the first time with your guide, don’t know what I did but my triangle button works, we’ll for now, I’ll just have to wait and see

Wish I knew the tools & cleaning supplies I needed before I cracked it open Great Time to buy a new controller

who else feels like an untrained surgeon while doing this lol

Great video ! No B.S... just the way it should be. **Spoiler alert** I particularly liked how your first remedy didn't fix the problem... leading into the final solution. SUB'D

Thank you so much! I had this controller sitting in a plastic bag useless for 3 months. Now I can finally use it again.

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet 👍

Thank you. Had a drifting right controller and non working down D pad. I told my daughter I figured a 3% chance I fixed it. Works perfect now. I used electrical cleaner though.

I couldn’t open it I just closed it back up while hoping to forget the scratches I caused!

@katdaddy469

2 жыл бұрын

I pulled the screws out of mine. Accidently dropped it on the floor and Wala! It was open lol

If you ever get a pre owned controller at game stop, this is what you get. They get used controller that was broken or don’t function correctly, they repair it and clean it and give it back to game stop so people can buy it.

Great Video! I didn‘t expect it to work for me as i don‘t have any experience at all but somehow it did work.Thanks

@RestoreTechnique

Жыл бұрын

Awesome 😀👍

To be honest I have no hope whacthing these tutorial to fix the drif problem.... But it works there was white resine and a black corrosion on the joystick i clean it with isopropyl alcohol and problem resolved thanks a lot for these video

I have long thumb nails, and I use it as a prying tool. Works everytime

Wow...this is crazy... I would still buy another controller tho... I don’t trust myself enough to not mess it up lol

@Ghazi_Al_Tamimi

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too

@austindraws4876

3 жыл бұрын

TBF if you’re buying another controller might as well practice so you stop having to buy new ones

At first all of this seemed overwhelming but with a bit of patiance i could do it easily. Thank you for the video it saved my fifa weekend league!

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

😃👍

@SkyFly102

2 жыл бұрын

Kimoi kimoi kimoi kimoi

really very clear, now I know how not to break the clips anymore. but I wanted to add that that white residue inside the potentiometer is a lubricant. that particular model of potentiometer purchased new and opened inside has white lubricant as standard. others however do not have it.

My controller has been having some serious drag, twitching and drift and I was thinking about cleaning it myself but after seeing this I'm gonna just buy a new controller. Lol.

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

😆 Fair enough

@the_gametime

3 жыл бұрын

same, not for my hands :)

Is this asmr or something , my ears tingling

@THEREALGATES

3 жыл бұрын

Did u like it 😈

Thank you so much, I had terrible stick drift and I completely fixed it with this video, thanks man

Huge help, able to fix some buttons thanks to your disassembly!

@RestoreTechnique

Жыл бұрын

Sweet 👌

Great!! Almost watch every video and most of them are super satysfying!!! Man I love your channle!!

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks Rudy! 😃

One of the best disassembly videos of this control on all youtube! Great footage, great technique and use of the right tools! I became a fan of your channel! Congratulations!

First time didn’t work the best but still did some damage thanks for this video!

Whew You Saved My PS4 Gold Controller Analog Stick It Had Been Not Letting Me Sprint On a Majority Of My Games Especially Dying Light Thanks Alot Man ✌🏼😝

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent 👍

Great guide. I'll definitely use this when I clean my DS4. Oh I just wanted to ask about your 5 year old controller with the original sticks, did you ever have any issues with that controller?

@mellodemooz-7604

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a controller prob since the same year ps4 came out and it’s pretty faulty like it won’t even move I only got joystick problems tho thankfully

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

I have never had any issues with it. I've since sold it to my cousin, i hope he hasn't had any issues.

I subbed cause it was the last of us on screen lol

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Probably my fav game 😄

Yo bro this video was helpful as hell. It helped removed a little bit of the drift, but not all I appreciate ya

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

😀👍

Omg I can’t believe I took my hole controller apart everything and I fixed all my problems thx so much

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👌

In my recommendations

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

😃

You could have just replaced the sensors inside the potentiometers(the circular spring looking things you said not to bend) you can get. 10 pack on Amazon. Just take out the sensor springs from the ones you ordered and put them in yours. Those things are the cause of drift about 90% of the time. So it would save you the hassle of desoldering anything. The other 10% it’s the metallic connection inside the potentiometers that scrapes off from wear and the sensor spring doesn’t have a good connection. At that point you could just replace the whole potentiometer which you will have to desolder. All in all this controller could have been fixed by just replacing the sensor springs you took out.

@RestoreTechnique

Жыл бұрын

The metal discs are called wipers, and they usually don't go "bad", as they're metal, and not heavily spring loaded. It's usually the other part, the carbon track which erodes after extended rubbing by the metal wiper. What makes you say that is the point of failure 90% of the time? I've never seen any videos of people bending back the prongs to restore them 🤔

@DaFullo

Жыл бұрын

@@RestoreTechnique Agreed, the thing that wear more are the one that soldered to the board rather than the disc itself. But I think it's possible to just replace the potentiometers itself and save time more time by just desoldering the potentiometers. And another thing that I noticed is that the clip that connects the disc and the carbon track you had for the replacement there is different from the original, so I guess it's the lower quality or fake alps one.

Thank you ..had a old ps4 joystick still almost brand new. Had bad drift i seen your vid and right arou d 4:25 i cleaned those components and waaaalaaaaa working perfect

Super useful video! I had trouble with the clips and ended up looking up this video thinking I was doing something wrong, and thank god I did so I also got the warning about the ribbon cable! (In this case it was son+cola ice cream+controller= internally caramelised buttons....)

Watch another video and fucked up my controller... You saved me from not damaging my second one 😅

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Great news, well done

I was the one who gave him that red dulshock controller

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

I want a refund, it was broken

@nateiscool0857

3 жыл бұрын

@@RestoreTechnique jk😂

Awesome video,anaged to sort my issue with just cleaning. Thanks for the instructions 🤙

PS4ASMR!

@tankgirl9324

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Nice wordplay.

Thanks the cleaning method worked flawlessly!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet 😄

Thanks for the help! My nephew's toggle button went wonky (turned out to be twisted) and I was able to fix it without further breaking it first!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

That's great 👍

thanks for loading up a clip for instructions how to test out controllers an taken it apart, video came out handy thanks again👍

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

No problem 😊

Thanks for the video. Hands down, the best video of its kind. Subbed. Really appreciate the closeups, showing how not to break those stupid internal clips. 👍✌️

Thank you for helping me fix my drift issue. Meticulous video. Awesome work :)

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You're welcome 😀

Thank you for this video. Took my controller apart to clean a sticky button. Came apart and went together no prob

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Cool, you're welcome

This is so satisfying to watch, from start to finish

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Cool 😀

SUPERB , I LEARN HOW TO SOLDERED FROM THIS VIDEO, TOP NOTCH MAN!

Totally convinced , going for new one. Thank you

Amazing tutorial, imma give this a try with one of my broken controllers

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude, good luck 👌

THANK YOU. I accidentally stepped on my controller and the R2 trigger popped out. So I had to put it back and I had to open up the controller for that but it was hard to pop out the 2 parts. So again, thank you!

@RestoreTechnique

2 жыл бұрын

No worries! Glad it helped 😀

Thanks mate! This was really helpful when I needed to fix my new controller which had something spilt on it.

@RestoreTechnique

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear 😀