Xbox controller trigger has a weird feeling then starts to squeak

[dull rapids]

i blow into it to stop it but it keeps coming back what's a permanent fix?

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[dull rapids]

genuinely making me go crazy

[wheat condor]

is it a new controller ?
it will wear in with time

[dull rapids]

had it since jan this year

but idk if it's wear and tear considering it goes and comes back

[wheat condor]

new controller sometimes squeak in the triggers and will wear in with use.

[hard acorn]

Blowing on it will make it squeak more because you're drying out the joints. there's no good way to relube the joints. just use it more and hope the friction wears downs the squeaking part.

[dull rapids]

damn then I've basically screwed myself over then cause i tried blowing in on it a lot

thought it helped cause a squeaky noise came from my ps5 controller and blowing in on it helped

[dull rapids]

heard using like isopropyl alcohol would help is that true?

[dull rapids]

that's definitely true since I've been doing it i was wondering

why it was happening quicker too

[hard acorn]

the squeaking on the ps5 controller is probably the gear for the adaptative trigger. probably squeaking from dust/dirt on the gear. so blowing helped clean that off. on the xbox controller, it's the spring that's squeaking. which cleaning won't really make a difference.

[dull rapids]

do you know what might've caused that spring to start to squeak

[hard acorn]

can be many different things mixed together.

[dull rapids]

ah ok

[dull rapids]

just checked again and it's less a squeaky noise more like a stick to it

and that's what's making the noise

if that's the case is it still like before

only after depression

[dull rapids]

like one sharp sticky noise it doesn't stick down though

sorry if i mislead you my paranoia lied to me

[dull rapids]

does this change anything?

[hard acorn]

Yes, isopropyl alcohol can help clean whatever making it sticky