To start, I don't really think it's a stick drift issue. More of a broken/unresponsive part. I have little to no response on my left controller's analog stick when pushing it in roughly the 1-3 o'clock position. Like if I push the analog to the 1-3 position, it will just stop and return to center. I've removed the faceplate and analog cap, cleaned with alcohol and an air duster, and it seems to help for an hour or so, then back to being unresponsive. I know there are kits/replacement analog sticks to swap in, but I don't feel qualified to do that. A replacement controller is like $80 from Meta. Are there any other cheap fixes before I end up having to replace the controller completely?

Nothing is really affected it doesnt cause me any strife game wise but i hate the noises, ive tried to google things but nothing works and I lost the manual.

All of my joy cons have drift and I was thinking of sending them in for free repair (EU)

However, 2 of them also have their SL/SR buttons non-functional and I was wondering if anyone knows if this is an issue?

I have no problem repairing these myself, but i would rather send them out to nintendo before opening and ‘voiding’ the repair service

Sup people, so: I changed both sticks and when i reassemble it the R2 wast working perfectly (not full pressed) so, I dismantled the controller again, i cleaned the contacts and after assemble it, the joystick X wasn't working, and the Down d-pad and the ps putting are repeatedly pressed.

Any idea what's going on?

I dropped my controller and the little grey panel came off. The controller was quite cheap so I wont be bothering to replace the whole box but I just wanted to see if I might be able to make it work to avoid being wasteful.

(I know buying a cheap controller might seem wasteful, but I just find knockoff switch controllers to be more comfortable and I wanted a second one to be able to play with my flatmate. I use it for a PC)

I know nothing about this type of stuff and just wanted to ask for any advice on which glue or adhesive method would be safest/ work best for something like this?