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Step 4Optional: Removing the Analog sticks.
The analog sticks are large, clunky, and difficult to remove. But, it can be done with a lot of time and care.
Using a lot of flux, desolder braid, and time, the majority of the solder holding the analog housing on can be removed. There isn't much that can be said for this step accept to take your time and work it out slowly. The tactile microswitch on the side registers the click when the thumbstick is pressed down. This can be removed as well.
Once the housing is removed, we MUST tie down the two directions with resistors. If we don't, the analog stick will register as either jammed into a far corner, or wobbling all over the place. By tying it down with resistors, we can for it to register and never moving from the center.
You'll see the two spots the two potentiometers were at; the three holes in a row on the bottom and the right. The middle spot of both of those is the important one. You need to take two resistors of about 5k-ish ohms resistance (I used 4.7k ohm here), and solder them in so the the middle pad is connected to BOTH of the two outside pads through one resistor. I was unable to fit two resistor leads through the center holes, so I soldered one resistor leg to the other resistor. Not my cleanest work, but it got the job done.
Using a lot of flux, desolder braid, and time, the majority of the solder holding the analog housing on can be removed. There isn't much that can be said for this step accept to take your time and work it out slowly. The tactile microswitch on the side registers the click when the thumbstick is pressed down. This can be removed as well.
Once the housing is removed, we MUST tie down the two directions with resistors. If we don't, the analog stick will register as either jammed into a far corner, or wobbling all over the place. By tying it down with resistors, we can for it to register and never moving from the center.
You'll see the two spots the two potentiometers were at; the three holes in a row on the bottom and the right. The middle spot of both of those is the important one. You need to take two resistors of about 5k-ish ohms resistance (I used 4.7k ohm here), and solder them in so the the middle pad is connected to BOTH of the two outside pads through one resistor. I was unable to fit two resistor leads through the center holes, so I soldered one resistor leg to the other resistor. Not my cleanest work, but it got the job done.
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