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Restore64
Добавлен 28 апр 2017
Nintendo 64 (N64) joystick teardown - How to clean/fix/restore/refurbish
#1 Phillips Screw Driver "Stanley 66-052" $3 at Walmart
75% or higher Isopropyl Alcohol $4 at Walmart
Joystick Butter - etsy.com/shop/ggcoshop
iFixit Pro Tech Toolit - amzn.to/2RKeaGn
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At 12:23 make sure you use a dry q-tip to apply/evenly spread the lubricant in the bowl. This will help hide the scratches. Do not use a q-tip with isopropyl on it as this will break the lubricant down.
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When I get more time I plan on making more videos in the future to show how I restore the entire controller: Cleaning, polishing the scratches out of the buttons, polishing a corroded expansion port, preventing damage to screw posts, removing yellowing from the shell, re-wrapping the cord like they come from t...
75% or higher Isopropyl Alcohol $4 at Walmart
Joystick Butter - etsy.com/shop/ggcoshop
iFixit Pro Tech Toolit - amzn.to/2RKeaGn
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At 12:23 make sure you use a dry q-tip to apply/evenly spread the lubricant in the bowl. This will help hide the scratches. Do not use a q-tip with isopropyl on it as this will break the lubricant down.
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When I get more time I plan on making more videos in the future to show how I restore the entire controller: Cleaning, polishing the scratches out of the buttons, polishing a corroded expansion port, preventing damage to screw posts, removing yellowing from the shell, re-wrapping the cord like they come from t...
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Видео
Super Smash Bros. 64 - Nintendo 64 - N64 - Japan Version
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The game is almost entirely in English making it extremely playable on US consoles.
Mario Kart 64 - Nintendo 64 - N64 - Japan Version
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There are voice-overs for what isn't in English which makes it extremely playable on US consoles.
Thx brother
Thanks Bro helped me out
Buy a can of electrical contact cleaner
Hey thanks for the great vid man. I just finished cleaning up some originals that I just bought. Unfortunately, the black gears are all worn out so ordered some replacement bits, will definitely come back to this clip once the parts arrive in case I get lost on the way out haha.
Hey, just a heads up. Isopropyl alcohol is known to be harmful to some plastics regarding their longevity. If you leave some plastics in alcohol, it will start to degrade within a few hours. Idk what these sticks are made from, but it might be safer to just use water with soap.
12:00 super tiny shit, got it
Hahahahaha
dude's a genius.
I don't know about all that but thanks for the comment!
So, I followed this tutorial but the gears are so worn that my joystick is still wobbly. What do I do? Did I miss something?
Cleaning and lubing the gears won't make your joystick tight again. Sadly, there is not a single aftermarket option for the gears.
so I can do this clean/repair even if its very worn down, I see in some other videos that its created almost a powder like mass from the grinding of the plastics against eachother, at that point, isnt it ruined?
They are ruined at that point. You're correct. If they aren't extremely bad this will prevent them getting worse
How often do you do this?
Sorry for the late reply. I haven't had to re-do it since this video. My personal controller that I did two years before I shot this video, 6 years ago, is still my main and it's still perfectly lubricated. So we are going on 8 years now without having to re-lube. My cousin and I play a lot of Mario Kart 64 battle mode on block fort so my controller is easily getting 5-10 hours of use per week!
Super helpful video, and as a bonus there's a "involuntary ASMR" quality to it (I mean this as a compliment!)
Thanks! I shot this on a first gen iPhone SE :)
Great video.
Super straightforward and easy to follow! Thanks for making this
Thanks, man! This did the trick! 😊
You could make a drinking game with how many times this guy says Isopropyl. lol
I'm terrible at talking during videos. The amount of times I had to re-shoot this to get it all in one shot was enough to make me drink.
Thanks Buddy
Sorry for the late reply! Thanks for commenting!
Good video, I replaced all 4 of my N64 controller with a new joystick.
Nice!
I can’t open the screw to the joystick. I’m twisting in the right direction but I’m not entirely sure if I’m doing it right or if I’m just not strong enough
Oh no! If you're twisting counter-clockwise "to the left" and it's not coming out it may be stripped. If it is you'll have to use a thin trim tool, inserted in between the two parts of the housing, to apply pressure on the housing while unscrewing to get it open.
@@restore64nvm, I found a screwdriver that was both small enough to fit around it? And has magnetic ability so I managed to get it out. It works with most of my stripped screws too because of the magneticness
I tried to open one as a kid and I'll never forget the spring popping out and it went flying across the room I tried to put it back together but the joystick would just lay to the sides it had no flex 😂
SAME!
Mate, I recently bought a n64 and it came with a controller and a bought another controller, both controller were in a bad state, I followed your instructions and wow that was a miracle happening right there, thank you for this, both controller feels and play amazing.
I'm just now seeing this but THAT IS AWESOME. Love to hear it!
I bought a used N64 controller recently and it didn’t quite work right because of the analog stick. This video was easy to follow along with and instilled confidence in me that I could do a simple clean up of the controller. My $30 spent wasn’t wasted on a controller thanks to the clear guide and it’s fully functional. Thanks!
I'm just now seeing this comment. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to hear that even after all these years this video is still helping people!
Mine dig not look like yours at all. But I simply cleaned inside ant put a little bit of silicone grease. And now min it’s as new. But I ordered new ones that supposedly should hold up better.
You may have an aftermarket stick.
Awesome. This will be my next little project since I really want to use my N64 again after many years. Thank you!
No! Thank you for the comment. Just now saw this. Sorry for the late reply!
Great video! I appreciate how thorough you went to explain the cleaning process.
Thanks!
Isopropyl
I know. I know. I'm terrible at speaking and recording at the same time. The amount of out takes was migraine inducing.
Amazing video man! I thought your voice was great. It's just a funny sounding word.
Do you have to lubricate it
Absolutely.
Does cleaning and lubricating fix the looseness and floppiness of the stick?
No, lubricating doesn't add volume back to the worn gears. Sometimes simply cleaning/rebuilding will make the stick feel better and retain whatever tightness is still left.
Your kids toothbrush? That dangerous 😂
Making life easy for us. Thanks!!
mine feels really scratchy now even after i cleaned and lubed it with joystick butter
The joystick butter prevents internal parts from wearing. If they are already worn, or in your case damaged, you will feel that feedback in the stick regardless of what you use :(
6:53 "Just 'cause I'm super anal, and I'm just gonna press it down in the hole, to get that inner ridge..."
I know. I really need to re-shoot this and write a script haha.
Is isopropyl alcohol better than normal ethyl alcohol?
Yes, has less water
I swear the mario party rowing mini game is a joystick killer
They say Nintendo intentionally designed the game that way so they could sell more controllers
@@RetroPlus we broke like 3 of them.
Bookmarked this video~! Thank you!
Nice guide thanks brother
Did replacement with the kit bensch parts and the stick gets stuck
That's because Kitsch Bent makes poor quality parts. I go over this at 16:39
I have two and just bought two more, i need to go through all of them however one of the one I bought has seen a lot of use and I am slightly worried that the mechanism is worn down to much as the amount of slop is somewhat concerning. Any chance that it could be salvageable? Also what alternatives are there to the “joystick butter?” To me it looks like lithium grease in a precise injector applicator. More restorations and cleanups of other n64 accessories would be nice but I don’t know your personal life so I’ll wait.
If it's gone, it's gone. Joystick Butter won't fix the missing plastic on the gears but if you have a tight stick Joystick Butter will prevent it from ever wearing out. If Nintendo had this stuff when they made these every controller would have perfectly tight sticks. Wouldn't that be something :/
@@restore64 k, thought as much, however will still be doing it to all my controllers no how bad they are as cash is tight at the moment, have a good day!
Thank you so much! Used this video as a guide to install new gears in my really bad OEM controller... It was very very loose.
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What's the best thing to do if the joystick is a bit loose/worn out?
Thank yoi
lmao @ the part where you put the stick back together being the most replayed part. people out here struggling.
Where can I get good quality replacements for the button pads?
To this day I feel the n64 joystick is the most sensitive and accurate analog stick. More than ps3/ps4 and xbox360/one try playing perfect dark on n64 and then switch to the remaster. Aiming is so much harder on a 360 controller
Awesome video man. Great information and clear camera work. Well done. Need to do this on my controller as well. Just curious does this eliminate the "slop" that older N64 controller get or is that due to something breaking inside?
That's due to the groove in the black "gears" being too wide and the white bowl being worn down. The white bowl is what is putting upward pressure on the stick to help it center. If the bowl is worn down it won't push upwards on the stick anymore. Some people have fixed that with epoxy but there are replacement bowl and gears that are available for sale on ebay or Kitsch-Bent. Shipping from Kitsch-Bent can be pricey if you're not in the US though.
Legendary!
Thanks!
don't work for me help
What didn't work exactly?
Does wd40 work the same as isopropyl alcohol?
No, please no.
@@restore64 Ok.
Really thorough! Thanks for this video!
This video helped, a lot. Thanks