SOSS GAMING® Genuine Analog Joysticks Repair Kit for Xbox One - Fixes Stick Drift, Broken, and Loose Joysticks on Regular, S, X and Elite Series 1 Controllers (6 Pack)

update- i didnt realize raw joysticks sticking to the far corners IS NORMAL - bc once they are installed the actual stick / cap you touch restricts their movement so they never reach the far corners , bottom line these worked great (i am good at soldering tho so do know you need that skill or will need to practice /learn soldering / de-soldering - de soldering is often harder to learn/ master btw). thanks orginal: (ignore below) trash joystick replacements - right out of the box all six of them stick horribly when pushed to the corners. I even tried working one around and around for an entire day - still sticks to corners . see video attached showing this.

I botched the repair, but it was no fault of this good product.

Four star is my fault for not understanding I needed more tools to complete the replacement. I thought this kit was everything I needed to fix the joysticks. You DO NEED soldering tools and equipment, I did not know this. My fault completely but i'll be returning the kit because its a job outside my ability. The other reviews look good but its not for me.

I have a heavy hand when sprinting in games and had to replace my left joystick Xbox series x controller with these. Must know how to solder and have the set up for it but I’ve had no issues for over 6 months so far and counting.

If you are replacing your Xbox controller joystick, these are exactly what you need. They work well and I haven't experienced any drifting. The company even provides a detailed YouTube instructional video to help you. Just keep in mind that these are SPECIFICALLY designed for the Xbox controller, and they will always be sticky towards the edges due to the design of the faceplate on the controller. So if you are looking for a joystick that will work for a personal project, or anything other than an Xbox controller, look elsewhere.

Had these professionally replaced into a Xbox Elite controller and they developed stick drift within 1 week.

Replaced stick on one of our 4 new controllers since Microsoft cheaped out on quality same as playstation (they give you a 3 month warranty so YEAH they know their QC for these is terrible - been like that since the XBox One days). Followed the video that maker provided and was able to get this installed and controller works perfectly now. As is called out - you need a Soldering iron, solder sucker and solder as well as a little finesse to get this done (I followed the cut up the old stick and remove in pieces method which worked great)

My Xbox One controller was driving me crazy with drift on the left joystick. But to buy a new one? Being a cheapskate I opted for SOSS Analog Joystick Repair Kit. Why 3 stars? Because I could not find a path to guarantee that it could be installed and work as it should. I should say that I had the tools, pencil soldering iron, Superwick, multimeter, and a lot of time on my hands. I watched the SOSS videos. Seems to me that their 'calibration' is just a way to slightly turn the joystick tab so the potentiometer thinks it is centered when in fact the rod is slightly off-center. That's fine, except that after installation my problem was still extreme drift, not centering (drifting when calibration software showed inside deadzone). Their video said nothing about correcting for drift. Another video (and by inference, the 'old' SOSS calibration video) implied that the resistance between the left side and the right side of each potentiometer should be in balance. Made sense, but I tested all 12 of the potentiometers provided in the kit and only a couple came anywhere close to being matched (they differed by about 0.3K ohms left and right). I used those, being the hopeful sort. Installed trial and error, and it worked to perfection! Until... Extreme drift again (after an hour of play). This time I thought the joystick felt a bit more resistant to movement than the OEM stick, so I lubricated it (a touch of silicon spray) in the belief that it was not returning to true center. That seemed to do the trick, but it still feels fragile. Every once in awhile it will still start drifting again, and I have to rotate it and utter magic incantations until it straightens out. I should say that for simplicity's sake I used Steam calibration. When it works the deadzone is very small. When it does not work (drifting) even a quite large deadzone (over the 50% mark on the bar) does not solve it. So, the SOSS calibration only seems to go after centering, and it did not seem as sensitive to resistance balancing on each potentiometer as some have said. I can't give you an ironclad recipe for getting this thing to work except patience and trial and error.