It seems like any hard-setting filler material, sorta like Bondo or JB Weld, I would imagine.
it probably is. i just bought the one with the best rating on amazon germany.
I do not know how well the other filler material will perform (how hard it gets, how smooth the surface is and so on), so I listed the specific putty I used. If you try this yourself, please list the putty you used and whether the result was great or sucked big time :-)
really good video
have you not considered buying up old controllers off Ebay, fixing them and then selling them on here / ebay all fixed and working
would be very handy as ive never heard of that quick steel
I think/thought about it. Might be handy to have some extra bucks.
You are also welcomed to do so. While you are at it, you can also send me a share of your profits ;-)
The N64 had the worst controller that Nintendo ever designed.
Imo, while it isnt a beauty, it isn't ergonomocially bad at all. Thousands times better than any Sony sixaxis controller...
Great video, mate!
So what purpose does the QuickSteel in the bottom of the plastic pot serve? I was under the impression that the indentations that the black rails sit in were what wore out, not the bottom of that whole assembly. Since you're aware of the replacements I got since you replied to my thread, I recently took apart the one from the controller I had used heavily as a kid, and it was indeed full of the plastic powder from being worn down over the years. I was thinking of just building up those small indentations with a little bit of aluminum foil, since it bends very easily, and then lubricating them, just to see what happens.
Also, what kind of grease did you use?
The main issue isn't that those black rails are getting worn out (well they are, but really slowly), but the main culprit is the white plastic base. That's where the spring is pressing the grey analog stick against and over time, the bowl the tip of the analogue stick slowly digs through the plastic and the bowl gets deeper in deeper. If you compare a new analogue stick and a mario party tortured one, you will notice that, when you try to push or pull the stick, it will only move in the heavily used one. The distance you can move it, is the volume that has been scratched off over time. So the black stuff i put in there refills the scratched off area (not completely, but quite nicely).
the grease is just some multipurpose grease my dad had in his basement. not much I can say about it.
@ Everyone:
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