Wii U gamepad repair?

[Aquietguy]

rjason12 said:

Has anyone replaced the sticks on their gamepad?

Yeah. After refusing to pay another $120 warranty for Nintendo to do it again. It's very easy to do. You will need a small eye glass skrew driver and a Nintendo Y tool. The parts for the analogs are cheep. 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Left-Right-Joystick-Analog-For-Nintendo-Wii-U-GamePad-Controller-With-Cables-/222072598647?nav=WATCHING_ACTIVE

These come with the mother board cables that are removable. Cheeper ones don't and some analogs have them saudered in. 

 

The Y tool is also cheep.

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Tri-Wing-Y-Tip-Screwdriver-for-Nintendo-Wii-Wii-U-DS-Gameboy-Advance-SP-/360686308646?hash=item53fa944d26%3Ag%3AvREAAOxyBPZTjg1T&_trkparms=pageci%253A2b33d82d-fb1d-11e6-aeb4-74dbd180a675%257Cparentrq%253A73ca89fc15a0a6a8f56bb0bdffeaa725%257Ciid%253A5

 

You can get a cheeper one from China if you are willing to wait longer.

 

Here is a YouTube video of how to easily do it.

 

https://youtu.be/_9fUes1Rp9A