Right Stick Repair

Razorhawk46 · Jul 15, 2016

Hello all. New to the group. Been flying Solo for about a year.

About a month ago, I dropped my controller and it damaged the right stick. It still controls fine but it has lost the re-centering ability. So if I push the stick to the right or left and let go, it does not return to the center.

This means that the SOLO will drift if I don't manually recenter the stick.

Any idea on how that might be remedied without buying a new controller? Not sure if anyone has an experience with taking the controller apart and messing with it.

Any help would be great!

pyrate · Jul 15, 2016

never had my controller apart, might be as simple as a spring popped off
those controllers are not cheap almost as much as some of the complete solo deals lately

Razorhawk46 · Jul 15, 2016

Thats what I'm hoping. But can't gather up the courage to break it open.

But yeah, the controllers aren't a cheap item.

pyrate · Jul 15, 2016

look on you tube for the solo wifi card mod video
that at least shows how to crack open the controller. its a start

pyrate · Jul 15, 2016

here you go skip to about 1 minute

Razorhawk46 · Jul 15, 2016

Thanks. Seems easy enough to get apart.
Can't wait to see how many parts I have left over when I put it back together... lol

pyrate · Jul 15, 2016

looks like the stick mechanisms are easy to get to once you have the back off. so 7 screws a battery and a few connections

RichWest · Jul 15, 2016

What Pyrate said, spring fell off....or broke.

Razorhawk46 · Jul 15, 2016

I'll give it a go tomorrow and report back.

Thanks for the help.

Maddog · Jul 16, 2016

I've had mine apart- no biggie. Just be careful, take your time, and don't force anything when putting it back together.

Razorhawk46 · Jul 16, 2016

Got it fixed up this morning. Thanks for help and encouragement.
Was pretty simple actually. One little tension spring had slid off. Took some patience to slide it back on but all in all not the most frustrating thing I will do today. Only took about 30 minutes.