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Hi, I had stick drift that was unbearable recently, nothing could get it to stop so I decided to open up the controller and clean the potentiometers myself. Once I got that done and I even replaced the white thing inside the potentiometer with one from an old PS4 controller, I’m stuck with the right stick always going up. I’m not sure what I did wrong. I definitely didn’t break the green thing that latches onto the joystick since I barely moved it and I cleaned it pretty well. What could be the cause of this issue?
ViolentTubeGaming check on something like this for a pretty good tutorial. My concern right now, is that it is the potentiometer that is causing the issues. Go ahead and measure those just to verify this but ultimately I suggest that you replace the joystick and see if that resolves the drift. Use this guide DualSense Joystick Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide for that. All guides for the joystick can be found on here DualSense Controller - iFixit which does include the disassembly for each step.
