How to Fix Stick Drift on a Nintendo Switch Joy-Con
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2019
- Hi, this video shows you a simple way that can temporarily fix stick drift on a Nintendo Switch Joy-Con. It will only work if the Joy Con is dirty or has had liquid (fizzy drinks) split onto it. It will not help it if there is a broken part inside the analogue stick. It will probably need doing again if/when the problem reoccurs but if you haven't got the skills needed to replace the analogue sticks or the money to buy new Joy-Con then it may help you. It only takes a couple of minutes to do so it is worth a try. If you still have your warranty on your Nintendo Switch then you should contact Nintendo before attempting any repair as it may be replaced/fixed for free.
Stick drift is when the stick moves without any input from the user so you may find your character walking on screen without you moving anything. In this video the problem is delayed inputs which can be seen at the beginning with the analogue stick slow to reset to the central position.
Many thanks, Vince. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
$70 controller vs some dust.
Who will win?!?!
Dust because Nintendo doesn’t know how to make joysticks last for more than a year.
“DUST USED STICK TO THE JOYSTICK”
IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE
Dust
Technically 2 controls but yeah dust wins
dust win on mine the joycon is busted ill need to buy a new one
My animal crossing character kept wandering right by its own. I thought it had a will of its own.
A2Z Slaughter no they do have a will of their own :/
When I play fortnite my character looks down and on TH-cam and other games the thing goes crazy
@@kellysalaz1388
That's your problem there. You play Fortnite.
Fortnight bad Minecraft good wholesome 100
My animal crossing character keeps going left. I can sometimes hardly go to the right.
Edit : my father bought a kit to repair it himself, and it's even more stable than the other one that has no problem.
I’ve officially named this problem
“Tokyo Drift”
Mr Danny Lane you have possibly turned something annoying into an amusing meme
*Kyoto
Stikyo Drift
They are made in japan. So this does make some sense, but nintendo was founded in kyoto japan 1889. So id call it "kyoto drift".
thenewbgamer64 pro. idiot65 defeats the purpose of the joke
How did Nintendo allow something like this pass? Cant get a goddamn joystick right. Both of mine do this and they've been treated perfectly since the day of purchase. Less than a year later, they're useless.
I have never seen a game company get a joystick perfectly. The Xbox One controller’s joystick tends to drift pretty often and, at least for me, the PS4 controller’s joysticks we’re placed in awkward positions. Nintendo’s joysticks were done just as well, if not better than other companies
@@dojoguy3387 every other Nintendo controller maybe. I have my second pair of joy cons and the drifting is back, after like 7 months. Meanwhile even my Ps2 controllers work perfectly, same for every GC,PS3,PS4 and 360 controller i own.
My wii u works better then my joy cons
All of my wii nunchucks work great after years of use. My wired (30$) PDP pro controller works great after a year of more frequent use than Joy cons. Almost every controller I have from before this console gen works very well even today. It's infuriating, the lack of controller quality this generation in the official controllers.
@@yea5478 No
Step 1: create an entirely new controller design and send it to nintendo to use
funny boy exacly
Pretty sure a controller someone else makes will work 10x better than Nintendo's controllers
@@plzhelpireallyneedabettern4065 3 party
lmao Nintendo slips up once and all y'all are talking shit. If you are all so damn irritated then buy a pro controller.
eins2001 (not to side with them but) pro controllers get drift to.
Omg...
By the power of My Mate Vince, rubbing alcohol worked.... all I did was lift up the rubber part with a tooth pick and gently swab it with a Q-tip ear cleaner and some rubbing alcohol. I then calibrated the controller with the system settings and the controller no longer drifts. I can play Smash Bros ultimate again!! Thank you Vince you are a hero!!!
Yes but it’s only a temporary fix. It still works but not 100% after a week I had to re apply but I bought new yellow joy cons
NeverDeadly That’s not gonna work lol, might fix it for a couple days, but ur gonna have to replace the stick or open it and clean it
@@lum1notryc828 Nigga just talked about how its a temporary fiz.
And plus it damages the joycon cause its delicate
There's something wrong with mine, my left joy con keeps going up and stays up, then hesitates to go up when going down. I hope this fixes it, thanks a lot Vince
Same bro
how did it go
I have the exact same issue and its so annoying! Can you reply saying if it worked or not
Mine too i can’t even play bendy properly
Did it work?
Stick drift in Fortnite is great practice in learning how to control rage.
Ikr xD
DUDE
Left (camera) stick bro
bruh try stick drift in smash that keep fucking up my recovery
@@brokeangryjerry9605 That doesn't even let me go to the right or using an smash attack
I did the contact cleaner one and pressed a button and had a heart attack because the lights didn't come on... Then I realised my jacket sleeve was covering the lights and I just couldn't see it at that angle.
Oh, lol
Lol that was lucky
did it works?
@@christian-it4ip it did but its like a year later and I accidentally got honey under the joystick so it came back permanently (don't eat waffles while playing animal crossing)
@@pgomaco7062 the joy cons add to the flavour
Dude, thank you for this. I didn’t have any fancy electronics cleaner, but I used some tweezers to lift that flap and gave it a few good ol’ fashioned, hearty blows into the control stick. Must have blown free whatever had been stuck in there, and relieved me of a problem that had been driving me nuts for the last 3 months. My stick was much worse than yours though. The thing had a mind of its own. Thanks again!!
Didn't even know the calibrate Controller was an option, fixed my drift by re-calibrating and it works flawlessly now. If it ever comes to dust though I'll be sure to come back and watch this again though. You sir are a hero. Thank you for this tutorial!
I don't like sand. It gets everywhere. Even into my JoyCon.
well that's what motherboards are made
Was that a star wars reference
@@Calvin.440 yup
Absolutely perfect!! I was really annoyed at this, but this easy fix does the job really well!! Thanks very much!!
Worked a treat! Little bit fiddly but got there in the end. Thanks very much!
Its better to have a little bit fiddly stick than drifting, you will get used to that i have the same
I had problems with my left controller kept moving left whilst playing games. Which was a nightmare. I've done what you shown in the video and used the spray and now the controller is working fine. Thank you for sharing this.
Is it still working fine? I just got a new Switch and want to know how long a solution like in this video lasts.
every issue ive looked up on youtube as far as console issues you have a video about fixes for it. i was already a subscrber due to the retro content but thankyou for what you do. VERY HELPFUL
Does the joy con you sprayed in a past video still works fine?
Thanks for making this video. Helped me out a lot.
I had the issue where the left joycon stick wouldn't fully navigate downwards anymore. Within the calibration menu, the indicator would move down perhaps 50% instead of all the way. Often noticed characters walking forward too and was close to purchasing a new left joycon for alot of money till I found this video and lifted the little rubber cap underneath the stick and sprayed some dust dissolving spray into the mechanism. It worked surprisingly well! Went back to the calibration menu about 10 seconds after spraying and it works as if it were just out of the box! Thank you so much for this video!
Just tried it. I was a bit sceptical but wasn't prepared to fork out for another controller, just yet. Its actually worked! My son can finally stop losing his hours spent creating is Minecraft town! A very happy boy and parent 😊. Thanks for sharing
I don't have a Nintendo switch but yeah it's good one it help others to fix their consoles, thankyou mate lots of love from India
This definitely worked for me, Thanks again for this video! I honestly had no idea about that little flap on the analog! Hahaha! Now my left JoyCon works exactly as it should and I'm no longer accidently walking off cliffs in Breath Of The Wild!
Omg my exact problem with the exact game
@@dfunk724qwerty8 Me too!!
I only came back to say thank you for sharing this simple trick. As annoying the drift is with these joycons, you wouldn't think that 2 puffs of this £10 spray could sort it out so easily and quickly. Way better than paying Nintendo UK £29 for 'repairing' the controllers :) Thanks again!
So helpful. This kind of stuff is what I subbed for
Used my switch for 4 months and the joystick drifts to the left. Damn hard to play as it's like I'm drunk.
Not impressed with the quality of these OEM controllers
I used this trick with regular WD-40, and it worked like a charm! I may want to look into getting the contact cleaner variant when my paycheck comes in on Friday to be safer, but for now everything looks fine. Thanks for showing this so I didn’t have to miss any gaming while I waited for Nintendo to fix my controller!
Omg finally! It’s taken you this long to make a video addressing this problem! I’ve had this problem with both of my joycons since February 2018 and it is a horrible and annoying problem!
marty’s spicy memes he had already done one ;)
My mate Vince already with 350k subs, happy to see :)
Thanks mate :-)
THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!!!!!
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH NONE OF THE COMMENTS DONT TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS ACTUALLY HELPED.
If you need help i recommend getting a cotten pad and ripping a tiny bit of wool from it and stirring it inside of the mechanism with a tooth pick (NOTE MAKE SURE THE SMALL PIECE IF COTTON ISNT FURRY THAT CAN END UP MAKING THE STICK DRIFT WORSE). Be cautious to roll the cotten up into a ball and slowly put it in the white part. Carefully stir it around and it can pick up the deepest dust. The next best thing you can do is open it with a toothpick and BLOW AS HARD YOU POSSIBLY CAN
Bought the same exact spray from Walmart for 4 dollars. Worked awesome! I'll update when I need to spray them again. 2 out of 4 controllers that were hardly even responsive work great now! Thank you!
I’ve waited so long for this
switch joycons are the worst. nintendo needs to fix this shit. I love the switch but damn... i tried the cleaning solution, but that shit dont work. i end up using my amazon credit and buying a new set. my original right joycon started drifting but i think that was just needs cleaning.
Sr DeSilva you could always go to gamestop or eBay where they sell individual joy cons
Did the new set start drifting too?
@@JLucas-hz4vh yes it has...
@@rahnyc4 fuck, I'll just buy a pro controller then, fuck the joycons!
Edit: F for your joycons man
@Justin Powers Care to elaborate?
Dude, IT WORKED, thank you!
thank you so much, i was so frustrated because of the drifting!! this is a lifesaver
This actually work for me!Thanks for the video.
Nintendo with any other controller's control sticks: 👌👌👌
Nintendo with joycon control sticks: "LET'S DESIGN THEM TO BREAK OVER TIME! 👌😂👌"
1 week after getting a new pair my right joycon went bad.
Just clean it like in the video. I did it with all my previous joy cons that I thought broke they all work again... I’m so mad cuz I have 6 joy cons. Now when my original ones just had dust lol
Yep, because tech NEVER has unforseen issues. Dipshit.
eins2001 why are you so mad lmao
This video was uploaded exactly when my joy-con started drifting
Thanks. I bought the exact brand of disc drive cleaner and followed the steps. Works fine now. A lot cheaper than a replacement.
I love your videos and everything you do!
Holy shit yes thank you thank you thanks finally I needed this for so long thanks 🙏 Thank you! Now can you fix loose joycons (falling out of switch)
Edit: thank you so much Vince I’m gonna do this right now
Any idea where I can buy the pressurized water thing?
In one of his videos he said he brought it in maplin
But I dunno if it has shut down or something :3
its so simple to just replace the latches.
He already did mire that one video on loose joycons
Do it works with WD40?
@@vitellas9318 I used WD40 electrical contact cleaner and it works
fixed my drift, thank you so much man, really owe you one 💓
How long does it lasts?
Thanks broski love your quality videos man keep it up
Wonderful! Thank you so much!
For me it was enough to blow into the space a couple of times and now it's fine.
Yay! I have been playing with a drifted joy stick for ages whoop-
@잼있으면 울리는 싸이렌
Ayup
Snowy! :3 by ages, how long do u mean?
@@nintendodude5934 nearly a year or so
(Sorry can't write English well)
Snowy! :3 ahh, that is awful! You should’ve called Nintendo and made them send a new one!
Same.
Good tip! I may try compressed air first though. Ever since I started playing Smash Ultimate, My left Joy-con will sometimes have no full input when I try and move a character to the right side of the screen.
Thanks. You could try recalibrating it in the system settings first. That worked on one of my replacement analogue sticks which didn't have full movement:-)
@@Mymatevince No probs. I actually tried recalibrating it but still get the same problem. Hopefully I won't have to resort to disassembling my joy-con because I really don't want to, and with my luck on technology I'd probably break it lol.😅
I have the same issue but it's in all directions. Character's don't dash and at the same time doing a smash attack does a tilt instead.
SegaDisneyUniverse yeah it’s called like a dead zone on the stick, I have that too but I don’t think there are any fixes
@@purechi_ Really? Well that sucks! Guess I'm gonna have to get new controllers at some point. So right now I'm still getting that issue, despite recalibrating the control stick. It'll still drift sometimes when I do a slight tilt in either direction.😖
Had a similar issue with my nintendo switch lite (drifting only when in motion). Tried using this method but with the WD-40 Contact Cleaner (for electronics) and it worked! Thanks for the tutorial
İ didnt even search for the problem and you came on to my recomendeds. You are my angel 😂
THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!, you don't know how salty i was losing to smash attack and B spamming in smash ultimate cuz i can't dodge cuz of the controller or can't do the mondono art on shulk ( my main )
i'm sharing this to my friends
thank. you!!
I noticed the drift in my left joy con when playing animal crossing when my avatar would move upwards on her own. Thankfully I had a can of pressurized air and a small, thin enough object to lift the gummy cap. While I had the items out I clean out the right joy con to case it would cause a drift in the cameras and I did some re-calibration.
this was all done 8 min ago. No drifting!!!
Did you use the straw he was using
@@Axelerate-ng9zk a shorter version of it.
Why? Is it bad for the joycon??
All 3 sets of my joycons had drift on the left controller. This fixed all 3 pairs. THANK YOU so much!!!
Thanks for this great tip I really needed this nice vid bro 👌
For the love of God don't use dettol or nail polish remover, had to swap my sticks out after that mess. Also the alcohol tends to eat up the plastic inside, so don't use any liquid cleaner too much, only use it if compressed air doesn't work.
Alcohol doesn't eat up anything. Obviously you shouldn't use acetone.
Try to use contact cleaner it won't harm your plastic
Compressed air has always worked for me, but after a week or two, the drift would came back. Kind of annoying but I find that replacing the stick is the best option now.
i injected isopropyl alcohol. Worked great!
"nail polish remover" looooool !!! You didn't learned that in school? Or with Walter White?
I tried this with just normal water and it worked too
HyruleMaster022 really?
@@capableplays yes just blow out the water afterwards with a straw
Dig your content! Keep up the good work.
Thanks man. My right joycon doesn't drift downward anymore and feels as good as new!
Mine is worse on so many levels it refuses to move anywhere else than up- am I screwed?
Stabbybaby mine was really bad like that and i cleaned it with compressed air and a q-tip and it’s much better, but still drifts.. just not as bad. let me know if you find something that works for you!
You uploaded at the exact same time as Red Hatter
Im going when im done with this vid
Thank you so much I’ve been having this problem
I had an issue where the stick wasn't working when pushing down. It would move, but the character in the game wouldn't! I wiped off some dust from under the rubber and now it works just fine! I can finally play ACNH again (with no frustration!)
Sir.. i was trying to spray at the joydrive like on your video, then my joycon are totaly dead... cannot be connected to the switch system. Is there a way to fix this problem?
Oh crap...
Were you using isopropyl alcohol?
Wouldnt this oxidize the metal inside?? Im kind o scared to try this.
Only use compressed air, nothing else.
@@AAA-vf2qr doesnt work
You know what else oxidizes the metal inside? Being exposed to air! Maybe we should start playing with our switches on the moon to prevent it from oxidizing!
Joshua Jin Nigga
I bought some WD-40 Specialist Contact Cleaner and it worked like a dream. Thanks for the video
Thanks Fella, both of my sons' analogue sticks were drifting badly. I used a WD40 electronic contact cleaner and sorted the problem. Thank you.
When I move my left joycon stick, i can hear the spring making a creaky noise, and when I shake the joycon, I can hear it rattling noise inside the stick. Do you know how to fix this?
KiForward same thing happens to me. I don’t know how to fix it.
danke my dude
I just poured a big scoop of powdered pencil lead (graphite) into my upward drifting left joycon. Just some dry conductive lubricant for the severely damaged little sensors... worked great for me
Worked like a charm, thank you!!!
i did it and it started drifting again so i kept doing it and it doesn't work now
What doesn't work, the joy-con itself or the cleaning method?
What doesn't work?
AHHHHHH TYSMMMMMM I DIDNT EVEN USE THAT SPRAY I USED FEBREZE AIR AND IT WORKS XDDDDDDDD IM TELLING MY FRIEND SHES BEEN STRUGGLING SO MUCH WITH THIS PROBLEM
Haha freaking Febreze
Uhhh, bad idea
Uhhh, you are underage, right?
Thats not good...
Like a charm, thank you Vince!
Thanks so much! Fixed mine so easily!
941 views 26 cooment deserves 1 billon views
This spray killed my zl, and zr buttons, also killed the sync button and the green led
Your joycon needs to be off
I was just thinking is it okay to put cleaning fluid in, with no way out...
@@whi2gan It's electronic contact cleaner. It's specifically designed to work with electronics like keyboards and computers, and it evaporates really easily (at least, if you bought the right one). My guess is that J Lucas used the wrong type of spray or sprayed it in the wrong area.
Amirul Azizol Oooohhhh
Wtf man you had to spray it in the middle of screen
In the settings, sometimes updating the controllers works.
Matt is there any guide for fix the L button delay? By the way your guide was pretty useful thanks
Hopefully the switch lite doesn’t have the same problem
Matthew Humphrey it does 😫😫😫
Mine just goes down by itself completely
Potato God same
same, but instead of down it goes left
VINCE OUT HERE SAVING MY MONEY THANK YOU
I cant find any of these disk drive cleaners. i found this on amazon, but they dont deliver to my country. do you know any alternative i may be able to buy?
i cleaned it with some W-40 spray, it seems it was some dust because the spray solved my problem
aquaMandi Aye man. Could you tell me what type of wd-40 did you use? The regular one orrr another
@@luminalcard8290 i used the regular WD-40 , the normal one
aquaMandi are they still working??
@@blstdLuiG yes lol
@Buk Lau Excuse me sir, Why?
Wd40 works a treat too
THAT'S OIL AND NOT A CLEANER! DON'T USE OIL ON YOUR ELECTRONICS WTF!
nowonmetube have you tried it?..I have and it work! Also, google it as many others have done the same and it worked for them
@@wiiiiiiiiweeeeeeee yeah it works at the begging... Until it damages everything! It's like taking a drug when you have a broken leg lol. You can walk and might feel no pain. But then later .... !
NSG I've done it twice, 1st time round worked a gem, then after a month and half it played up again so I did it again. It's been working great so far ( without needing anymore wd40 touch up).
This was like August last year so we're into 2019 and all is good ( so far).
Unless it’s the wd40 for electronic contacts you shouldn’t be using it for your joycon even if it fixes the problem. It could cause other problems in the future
Dude you are awesome!, My mate Vince!
Worked for me now, I hope it'll be still be operational for a while.
When he sprayed his joycon it sounded like liquid entered it
Anthony Serna it is liquid going In Apperently
@@metalliholic yeah. that's basically the joke
@@purpledancer8255 uh the comment was a joke
@@youngreptile7868 well then, let me tell u smth: it wasn't funny 🤔
@@purpledancer8255 I meant the comment wasn't a joke. If you werent new to the internet you would know what a typo is.
youve still got recentering problems. this is a good personal fix but i wouldnt ebay them after only this method.
Hi Vince! All your switch videos are really helpful.
Can i ask?
Can i use Isopropyl Alcohol to clean the joycons?
Yes you can buddy cause that's what I used and it worked. just make sure it's not old and thick.
@@kwame4856 yay, thank you so much😊
did it end up helping?
Thank you! Finally I find answer! Thank you!
I did this but with a straw (I blew into the straw and my drift went away
Edit: I hate to say it, but the drift kept coming back and I'm at the point where I just use my pro controller, the joycons are poorly made and I'm disappointed in Nintendo.
It came back because you used a straw.
@@bluemartian9642 I know that's why, but it is a pain in the butt because every day I have to get a straw and blow into it, and why do we even have to
Use special methods to make our controllers do their job?
I don't even play switch, but I'm here because of the sixth sense
why do i find relaxation in this
Wow thanks for the tip. Mine has been drifting for months and been driving me mad. Just lifted flap up and gave it a blow.....good as new. Thanks again.
Is your joycon still okay or do you need to done it every week ?
Ege Şan it’s not a full fix, find after my daughter has been on it, it gets worse. It’s a design flaw I think.
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My good sir you have saved me a lot of time and money thank you worked perfectly
Thank you soooooo much, My right joy con would always stick down so in games like zelda and mario odyssey it would constantly look down
Hey what do you try because i have the exact same thing, did you use the spray in the video or did you use a q tip and rubbing alcohol
Great video Vince.
Thanks :-)
You’re welcome Vince.
Thanks :D
Is finally working again
I had this problem since late July and now can play again :')
What should i rather use? Compressed air or electrical contact cleaner like in this video?
Can you do vid on how to fix the red joycon becuase it keeps taking me back to the home screen and sub menu
it was so annoying! thank you so much for making this, playing animal crossing was so difficult when my character kept going left on its own and selecting items was like trying to play one of those spinning lottery games. after i did what you said it fixed it instantly!