Hardware changing triwing screw

[butawsky]

i wanted to change the triwing (y) screw to cross (+) screw,question is what is the size of that screw? maybe someone here know..

thankyou

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

If you have a multitool like a Dremel, you can easily cut a straight line in the current triwing screw so you can use a minus (-) driver.
Then you have the exact size of the screw and won't damage the case.

 

[Aheago]

If you have a multitool like a Dremel, you can easily cut a straight line in the current triwing screw so you can use a minus (-) driver.
Then you have the exact size of the screw and won't damage the case.

This is a terrible method. Who wants to dreamer a tiny itty bitty screw? Not to mention the risk reward factor

 

[Hayato213]

If you have a multitool like a Dremel, you can easily cut a straight line in the current triwing screw so you can use a minus (-) driver.
Then you have the exact size of the screw and won't damage the case.

That stupid advice, op is better off getting oem screws or a precision screw drivers that is capable of removing the screw, there are kit out there that fit.

 

[FAST6191]

I would rather use a hacksaw to cut a flathead in. Set it up with a guide and know how many strokes you need.

Anyway what will probably be simpler is go find your local electronics repair/fiddler and they will have a pot of screws from dead devices. Most of them will be something more sociable in terms of head type and probably have enough of the right length or longer which you can happily cut down* if it is a blind hole or too ridiculously long.
If asked please do go pose with it for their girlfriend/wife/mother/... as vindication for keeping such things rather than throwing it out because it might be useful one day.

*the otherwise useless (seriously other than what I am about to cover they are useless) set of wire strippers that everybody seemingly has

The holes at the top there are for chopping down screws. That one courtesy of the numbers looks to be imperial threads (probably the more common in the US, see different ones around here but enough of my pondering tools) but if you have a metric one and it is the right size then if it also has threads that is for cleaning the thread up afterwards.
Pro tip there is do it in a bag so you can get the bits back and not have to go chasing a now even tinier screw across the room or sliding over the cut off bit later.
Though a decent hack saw will probably also do, as might a bench grinder or file if you have the means to hold it.

Beyond that I would love to be able to say M whatever or MF whatever but I struggle with photos when something is that size and don't have one here to measure.

Don't think I have seen replacement sets of screws either (sometimes you get those about this in a device lifetime, will probably cost a lot more than buying them individually from a fastener shop but hey) but have not properly gone looking. The same people selling replacement shells might not turn down a request either.

 

[pcwizard7]

or you can get a set of replacement screws for the Nintendo Switch which are all Philliphead screws gathered for you
https://www.amazon.com/Deal4GO-Nint...Nintendo+Switch+Console&qid=1631021915&sr=8-3

Besides, the Triwing screws are very fragile, and you end up breaking them left inside the screw hole.

 

[Aheago]

or you can get a set of replacement screws for the Nintendo Switch which are all Philliphead screws gathered for you
https://www.amazon.com/Deal4GO-Nint...Nintendo+Switch+Console&qid=1631021915&sr=8-3

Besides, the Triwing screws are very fragile, and you end up breaking them left inside the screw hole.

They aren't fragile if you're careful and not just screwing without paying attention to how tight you're making things, and use the right size drivers

 

[hippy dave]

They aren't fragile if you're careful and not just screwing without paying attention to how tight you're making things, and use the right size drivers

They are fragile, which is why you have to be careful.

 

[butawsky]

thankyou for all the comment guys...honestly i stripped one of my joycon triwing screw and if im lucky enough to remove it i want to change all the the triwing to philip screw both joycon and switch...

 

[Kallim]

thankyou for all the comment guys...honestly i stripped one of my joycon triwing screw and if im lucky enough to remove it i want to change all the the triwing to philip screw both joycon and switch...

Sorry to bump an old thread. I just had to drill one of mine after stripping it.

If you really can't get the screw out that's what you need to do. Use a small drill bit and really light pressure (for the drill bit and the scree). If you do it right you'll end up taking the head off the screw so you can pull the joycon casing over it. It'll take about a minute with light pressure.

You should be able to take the rest of the screw out with small pliers as you'll have a few mm under the head and the thickness of the casing until it meets the other casing.

If you've got a scree swap it... If not I'd use super glue in the home and leave the old screw in (just not too much so you can crack it open if needed). It's a bit of a botch job but it'd be invisible.

 

[FAST6191]

Sorry to bump an old thread. I just had to drill one of mine after stripping it.

If you really can't get the screw out that's what you need to do. Use a small drill bit and really light pressure (for the drill bit and the scree). If you do it right you'll end up taking the head off the screw so you can pull the joycon casing over it. It'll take about a minute with light pressure.

You should be able to take the rest of the screw out with small pliers as you'll have a few mm under the head and the thickness of the casing until it meets the other casing.

If you've got a scree swap it... If not I'd use super glue in the home and leave the old screw in (just not too much so you can crack it open if needed). It's a bit of a botch job but it'd be invisible.

Might want to invest in some left hand drill bits as well. For this sort of thing they are wonderful (rusty metal bolts still good but not as good) and can bite into a screw and turn it right out for you.