Can the iFixit Team Repair Their Own Drifting Joy-Cons?

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If you’re a Nintendo Switch owner, there’s a good chance you might have a faulty Joy-Con. The problem everyone is having is called Joy-Con drift—and it’s the reason why Link won’t stop running off the screen even when you aren’t touching anything.

So what’s the deal? Essentially, it’s a factory defect affecting all Switch controllers...and it makes your joystick think it’s receiving an input that isn’t actually there. This problem has become so big that 4/5 Switch owners on our iFixit team had it. Luckily, we all work at iFixit, so we have the replacement part and access to the repair guide, but can we fix it???

If you have a Joy-Con that suffers from drift, fix it yourself! It’s really easy (for most people)

Get the Joy-Con Drift Fix Kit at iFixit!
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Game-Console/Nintendo-Switch-Joy-Con-Joystick/IF378-015?o=3&utm_source=groupjoycon&utm_medium=Annotation&utm_campaign=YouTube

Follow the free repair guide on our site!
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Left+Joy-Con+Joystick+Replacement/113182?o=3&utm_source=nintendoswitchjostickdriftrepair&utm_medium=Annotation&utm_campaign=YouTube

If you want to watch the official repair video-here you go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTK4INVleko

00:00 Introduction
00:40 Fixer Introduction
01:30 Beginning of Repair
02:33 Prying Case Open
03:10 Disconnecting and Removing Battery
04:25 Mid-Frame Removal
05:56 Motherboard Cables Disconnected
06:14 Joy-Stick Removal
07:01 Beginning of Reassembly
07:17 Inserting New Joy-Stick
08:37 Inserting Mid-Frame
09:07 Inserting Battery
09:22 Closing the Joy-Con
09:51 Joy-Con Drift Testing
10:31 KK Destroys Everything





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