XBOX 360 Controller - Can you repair it?

[Sockmonkey]

So what is your repair rate per hour

[Neo]

No thanks. I'm not touching other people's consoles. I have enough trouble building PC's for other people and that's something I can do blindfolded. I'll keep my console repairing experiments to myself, but I'll gladly share the knowledge that I find

[Neo]

***Update***

I received my Shinobi console repair kit today. It comes with everything you'd possibly need to fix anything related to a console. I opened up my XBOX 360 controller in 2 minutes, the button "popped" back into place and it solved my problem

[Xero]

There's actually a Simpler and cheaper method of doing this repair.
Take a normal Torx 10 Driver, available to purchase for around R 20 at most Pick and Pay Hypermarkets, then use a small ( 2mm ) flat screwdriver.
The reason a normal Torx driver does not work is due to the security pin in the middle of the bolts on the controller.
To do this the El Cheapo way, take the flat head screwdriver and wedge it into the bolt against the security pin, then apply pressure outwards.
Those little pins simply snap off.
Then use the normal Torx driver to remove the bolt

Now the contact part of the controller, the little rubber pads that sit between the button and the controller board, either take them out and clean them properly, to see if this fixes the response issue, or order n replacement set, I think Zaps has them as an import item.

Note** Breaking off the pins in no way damages the bolt itself and literally only serves to remove the 1mm pin from the bolt allowing a normal store bought Torx driver to work.

[Neo]

There's actually a Simpler and cheaper method of doing this repair.
Take a normal Torx 10 Driver, available to purchase for around R 20 at most Pick and Pay Hypermarkets, then use a small ( 2mm ) flat screwdriver.
The reason a normal Torx driver does not work is due to the security pin in the middle of the bolts on the controller.
To do this the El Cheapo way, take the flat head screwdriver and wedge it into the bolt against the security pin, then apply pressure outwards.
Those little pins simply snap off.
Then use the normal Torx driver to remove the bolt

Now the contact part of the controller, the little rubber pads that sit between the button and the controller board, either take them out and clean them properly, to see if this fixes the response issue, or order n replacement set, I think Zaps has them as an import item.

Note** Breaking off the pins in no way damages the bolt itself and literally only serves to remove the 1mm pin from the bolt allowing a normal store bought Torx driver to work.

Or you could just do it properly with the right tools lol. Oh and as far as I know it's a number 8 Torx driver...which is not that common to find, well, not when I went looking for it.

But still, good info for those not interested in all the proper tools

[Xero]

Yeah, you're right, I can never remember which one is for opening controllers and which one is for opening the console