I put some WD-40 contact cleaner on my joystick to clean off the dust to remove joycon drift but it ended uo making my joystick a little sticky and is harder to push around. Is this normal?
#Joystick sticky
royal knoll
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Contact cleaner is for cleaning contacts, not for lubricating. You likely have ruined the joystick.
tender bobcat
Stop using joycons, i have had the pro controller for about since it came out and it hasnt drifted once. The joycons are crappy quality for a high price and i dont recomend them unless you are actually going to care for them.
royal knoll
Contact cleaner is for cleaning contacts, not for lubricating. You likely have r...
what should i use instead?
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There is no “instead”. You have to replace the joysticks now.
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Are you comfortable working on electronics?
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Okay. You should be able to find new joysticks on eBay or Amazon.
royal knoll
Okay. You should be able to find new joysticks on eBay or Amazon.
I'll try that
kindred sandal
Contact cleaner is for cleaning contacts, not for lubricating. You likely have r...
eh he's using "electrical" contacts cleaner
@royal knoll What you are using was the bottle you bought last time, right?
Can you show me the bottle again? real life pic now
kindred sandal
That's actually the correct one
I'm not sure why it made your joystick sticky, how much did you use?
Just need one tiny spray
and it will evaporate right after
royal knoll
I'm not sure why it made your joystick sticky, how much did you use?
i did it 3 times i could say
because the drift kept on coming back after 5 minutes
but i think I'll just replace the joystick
it's not a difficult task
kindred sandal
it's not a difficult task
Yeah it seems like your joystick has been damaged too much
Normally, you only need to do it once, if it came back right after, then cleaning further won't help