I had a problem with both of my controllers, The right one would move in random directions erratically and the left one only went in one direction, so I did this and they both worked like new. You advice has helped me beyond comprehension.
Do you have to spray it more then once or does it work one time and you're good? I'd do it but seems like once the WD 40 wears off you have to spray it again, might cost you more money fixing it every time then it would to buy new controllers in the long run.
This method is really bad. The best and only way to fix it is to clean it inside when you remove the black cover. The worse of them all is to waste your time sending it back to facebook since you can easily fixed yourself that ended up as good as new at home
Had this same issue with Quest 1 controller and used this fix a few times with good success, but it always came back. Oculus Support sent me a great tip, which was to run a toothpick around the seating of the thumbstick while holding it out at its maximum (do this for up, down, left and right). This cleared out some obvious gunk inside and the controller has been perfect since
Did you have physical debris around the base of the thumbstick that you could see visually or do you mean somehow sticking it under the thumbstick? I wasn't able to see any dirt is why I'm asking. Thanks for the info.
I have the same issue on my Oculus Quest 1 controllers, but contact cleaner doesn't help my controller drift, will try the toothpick method, I just hope part of the toothpick doesn't break off when I do this lol.
Dude, I just now tried the toothpick because I didn’t have any WD-40 or compressed air. This only took less than a minute and my Quest II is now working properly. Thanks a bunch for sharing that advice!
Duuuuuuuuuuude! I have been having the exact same issue with my left controller for a couple months, now. I figured it was something that needed some crazy fix, that I'm not qualified for, or it would need full repair, that I likely couldn't afford. Then, after getting so fed-up with that left stick going crazy, I came upon your video after several searches for a fix. And this 100% works! My controller acts like I just bought it. I just wanted to thank you for this quick, informative video that has helped and will continue to help so many. You are awesome!
i bought mine 2 days ago as well, and the left controller is not exactly drifting, but when i push the stick forward it gets stuck there, you think this will fix it?
Dude you are a lifesafer! Firstly i thought that was mechanical damage on my Oculus Rift S controller. But then I checked the internet about this issue, and found your video. Done exactly what you did. And now the controller is working like new. Thank you very much!
Works like a charm! No more drift, it's like a whole new controller. I didn't use an air compressor so it's probably not a must, you might want to try it if WD-40 isn't enough though.
Perfect timing, I have controller drift issues on my Quest 2 that are making it almost unplayable. I don't want to send the controller away for a refurb so I tried Isopropyl alcohol but didn't work. Will give this a go.
@@felicien93 it improved it, but it’s still there for me. I think it depends if the problem is more related to dirt/corrosion or if it’s more mechanical. I think mine is more of a mechanical fault so I will probably need to send it off to Oculus for repair to fix it completely.
Nice fix. I'm a bit surprised their chat support didn't seem to know how to troubleshoot it :/ they should study what Valve Hardware support is like (top notch, fixe everything,zero cost to me)
nice video. I just bought a left oculus 2 controller a few weeks ago. My old controller had crazy drift. I got the q2 last October right at launch and I been using it almost daily so Im not really complaining.
Hey thanks! I also got mine on launch day. Yeah someone else told me that their controller drift was completely fixed by doing this as well! I've never had controller drift with these but good to know in case it happens. Weird though that I've never had issues like this with my Q1 controllers and I used them quite a bit. So if you still have your original left Oculus Quest 2 controller you should keep it, I bet this trick will get rid of the drift! Same side controller I was having issue with, the left one. I was just about to order a new left Quest 2 controller for $69 when I posted this issue on Reddit and got the advice to try this. I was shocked and extremely thankful that it actually worked.
Thank you, had this issue with my Rift S. Left stick would try to move back when going forward, my right would do left when barely touched. Fixed the issue immediately.
Thanks! I actually had this work for me with the rift S, same issue on my left Rift S controller. I really didn't expect it to work but works like new again.
Ace tip dude, worked like a bloody charm, didn't use air duster thing though, just let it dry for 20 minutes, did the same on an xbox one controller too, fixed that!
Than you! I have a an Oculus Rift S and was experiencing intermittent forward motion on the left stick. I tried this method and it worked flawlessly! I did however use CRC QD Contact Cleaner and it worked just fine!
Thanks man appreciate it! This video also works on Quest 1 so you can title it "Quest 1/2" if you want! I legit cannot buy replacements as Q2 controllers don't work with Q1 and they don't make Q1 controllers anymore. This video saved me from having to deal with annoying drift issues on my left controller! Very informative and specific and clarifying what was used to make sure people don't use the wrong thing. Good video man I can now not endlessly drift into the dimension on my right lol (I would drift/move to the right constantly).
Funny enough my left one started doing the same thing after a few hour sessions, thanks for letting us know how to fix it instead of having to buy new controllers.
Its also not hard to remove the top cover plate (After removing the battery) to expose the thumb stick and pull it off (straight up) revealing the shaft of the joystick itself. You can then lightly spray the same cleaner down the sides and work it in easily. (all else applies in this video) - thanks for posting
I did this with my rift S controller a while back. It eventually leaves a gunky film on it and just gets worse over time. I was using some spray that was very similar to what he describes. Its for electronics.
Yup. Remove battery first!!! I broke my motor inside by not doing it. Ordered a brand new left controller. Also make sure it dries long enough, the more you put contact cleaner. However the old controller still works without the motor but it still drifting even if I completely filled up with isopophylic alcohol. Some drastic drifting can’t be fixed.
(read this, it might help) I just had this happen to me, and Instead of buying the stuff, I just pushed down the thumb stick and blew with my mouth intensely. And it did work, my controllers are now in working order
We're spending hundreds of dollars the least they could do is have remote controls that work I remember years ago even Nintendo controllers would last for years. Keep in mind that while the WD-40 may be a quick fix from my experience the problem will come back probably worse than before and then by that time the warranty will be expired so you're out the money I looked into a price of a new remote and where I'm at it's $100 just for one remote. We had purchased two Oculus quests and they both have the same issue that you're talking about so it's obvious that everybody is getting it sooner or later Oculus really should step up their customer support and issue refunds or credits. Why do we have to take a day out of our lives to buy all these extra products to fix their cheap product that breaks after a few weeks lol.
Before trying the WD I went to the meta chat support which made me try a few steps, one of them was to unpair then pair the controller again and guess what, it worked ! I'm glad I didnt have to buy this kind of WD40 for a brand new oculus. Thanks for the video anyway !
Hey I came here for advice about the thumbsticks, but it was really nice to see you reference scripture at the end of your video and the QR code. Blessings and hope the Lord continues to sanctify you.
Walmart now has CRC brand QD Electronic Cleaner, red and white can with small black cap in the automotive section near the engine degreasers. WORKS LIKE A CHARM, the gray residue is graphite IMHO, because the X and Y button got shorted a bit by it, but once wiggled a bit they started working again, I sprayed so much that it poured through the trigger LMFAO. Thank you very much!
I have the same issue I have watched a couple videos that say the best cleaner to fix it for good is car CNC brand Mass air flow sensor cleaner. WD works but you usually have to reapply once a week the CNC stuff is a little more potent but still safe for plastic it's a once and done treatment.
yo man thanks so much i didn't think that I could play my favorite vr games with out getting a new vr headset or taking apart my controllers to fix them. Since I had a oculus 1 I thought that I might not have worked but it did and it works flawlessly now. So thanks
This was great info and a good start, but I'm from the 80s and we used to blow in Nintendo cartridges. I swear I tried it on my left oculus controller and it worked lol. Thank you for the direction of hardware and advice, and anyone from the 80s blow in that bad boy really good and hard like it's Zelda and it works...... I swear.
Thank you going to try. So pissed. Right out of the box the left stick drift wont stop scrolling down and it’s basically all unusable… huge waste of money if this doesn’t work
Man, I could not find anyone with the same problem. Whenever I would try to move my left joystick forward, my character would slowly move forward and stop unless I held the joystick button down really hard. Thank you for the help, I will test it right now and update this comment in an hour
PEOPLE HEAR ME OUT > i couldn't find some wd40 real quick, so i just blew air as hard as i could in the controller ( inbetween the joystick and plastic casing) and it WORKED, it totally did. So there it is, hoping it can help you :D
i tried it too , but you have to be very aware the amount of the water that come with it . first a few times it worked ,and last time i did the controller went out of connection, im pretty sure is the water came into the sensor, so just have this for your heads up .
I will give this a try, I'm having issues with my right controller stick. I tried the removing the battery method which seemed to work for a space of time before the drift return again.
Just tried this with the exact product and it worked! I first used compressed air but to no avail. Saved me $70 from having to buy a new controller (once Oculus gets them back on stock). You are the hero we all need!
I had the issue as well. The Oculus support called it "stick drift", but AFAIK stick drift is a different issue and can be fixed to a certain extent by extending the dead zone. But this issue here is different and since this is quite wide spread: is there an actual name for this issue? BTW: I got my left controller replaced by Amazon and the new controller developed the same issue after 1 month, but worse.
Yes, the correct name for this ailment is 'stick drift'. Happens to just about every controller that uses a joystick, be it xbox 360, One, PS4... Sounds like for once Meta got something right (no, not the controllers but the name of the ailment)
will this help if my buttons on the controller aren't working too, because sometimes the buttons won't work reliably, I also have the same issue with the joystick and I'm just making sure if it's safe to do the same strategy on the buttons as well
So this ended up helping a little but not fixing the problem entirely. The controllers are under a 1 year warranty from purchase date, and I was able to get an RMA without even talking to anyone.
@@OPENPCreviews Agreed. I think the root cause may be dried up sweat in my case. Beat Saber gets me soaked and there's no doubt some salt found its way onto the contact and dried up, since there's zero protection for it below that faceplate. For as much as the Quest gets advertised as a workout device, you'd think they'd have more consideration for sweat getting in there when designing the controller.
I had a problem with both of my controllers, The right one would move in random directions erratically and the left one only went in one direction, so I did this and they both worked like new. You advice has helped me beyond comprehension.
Mine would be every time I walk it walks for not even a second and then is stops
Do you have to spray it more then once or does it work one time and you're good? I'd do it but seems like once the WD 40 wears off you have to spray it again, might cost you more money fixing it every time then it would to buy new controllers in the long run.
Mine is moving backwards, and whenever I go to the menu, it’ll scroll down
@@noncanon8246 SAME HERE. I’ll tell you if it works I’m trying this tomorrow
This method is really bad. The best and only way to fix it is to clean it inside when you remove the black cover. The worse of them all is to waste your time sending it back to facebook since you can easily fixed yourself that ended up as good as new at home
My son is so happy now. This worked like a CHAMP! Now he's back crouching in Bonelab. You save the day!!! Thank you
AWESOME! Glad it works for you!
ur an awsome dad
Dude... You just made our day with this video. We used the WD-40 Contact Cleaner and it worked like a charm... Thank you, thank you, thank you.
AWESOME! Glad to hear it worked for you!
Would it work with a can of air as well
Had this same issue with Quest 1 controller and used this fix a few times with good success, but it always came back. Oculus Support sent me a great tip, which was to run a toothpick around the seating of the thumbstick while holding it out at its maximum (do this for up, down, left and right). This cleared out some obvious gunk inside and the controller has been perfect since
Did you have physical debris around the base of the thumbstick that you could see visually or do you mean somehow sticking it under the thumbstick? I wasn't able to see any dirt is why I'm asking. Thanks for the info.
I have the same issue on my Oculus Quest 1 controllers, but contact cleaner doesn't help my controller drift, will try the toothpick method, I just hope part of the toothpick doesn't break off when I do this lol.
It didn't work for the quest two
Dude, I just now tried the toothpick because I didn’t have any WD-40 or compressed air. This only took less than a minute and my Quest II is now working properly. Thanks a bunch for sharing that advice!
Contact cleaner sales rn: 📈📈📈
(And thank you so much it works perfectly now)
NICE!
Duuuuuuuuuuude! I have been having the exact same issue with my left controller for a couple months, now. I figured it was something that needed some crazy fix, that I'm not qualified for, or it would need full repair, that I likely couldn't afford. Then, after getting so fed-up with that left stick going crazy, I came upon your video after several searches for a fix. And this 100% works! My controller acts like I just bought it. I just wanted to thank you for this quick, informative video that has helped and will continue to help so many. You are awesome!
AWESOME man!!! Glad it worked for you!
do i need an air compressor or can i just spray the WD-40 and wait? @@OPENPCreviews
The "Forzen stuff" Is Either Liquid Butane or Propane. It will evaporate as soon as it gets warm enough.
My 2nd day of having my oculus my left controller started drifting. I've been stressing so hard and this fixed it. I cant thank you enough!
i bought mine 2 days ago as well, and the left controller is not exactly drifting, but when i push the stick forward it gets stuck there, you think this will fix it?
@@kevinnovak9440 yo bro did it fix it
@@creviosso9216 I returned it. Didn't want to deal with that anymore
You're a lifesaver. The only thing that was ridiculous about our oculus. Was that the controllers started doing this a week after we got it.
That's horrible, took about a year for my joysticks to break, sorry
Mine started glitching and drifting after ONE DAY
@@ytuser4562 did you fix yours? because mine also started drifting after a day but this video didn't work for me
Thank you so much for this advice. Fixed my left controller drift perfectly.
Does your left controller go backwards like mine?
@@superbob0315 same
@@superbob0315 It sure did. It was driving me nuts when playing Half Life: Alyx. I did exactly what he outlined in this video and it was good as new.
Dude you are a lifesafer! Firstly i thought that was mechanical damage on my Oculus Rift S controller. But then I checked the internet about this issue, and found your video. Done exactly what you did. And now the controller is working like new. Thank you very much!
AWESOME!!!! I'm glad it worked for you too 👍
Works like a charm! No more drift, it's like a whole new controller.
I didn't use an air compressor so it's probably not a must, you might want to try it if WD-40 isn't enough though.
Thank you I was worried if I needed the air thing because I'm having the problem RN and about to get the wd thing tomorrow!
Perfect timing, I have controller drift issues on my Quest 2 that are making it almost unplayable. I don't want to send the controller away for a refurb so I tried Isopropyl alcohol but didn't work. Will give this a go.
Let me know if it works for you👍
Did it work for you? I have a similar problem
@@felicien93 it improved it, but it’s still there for me. I think it depends if the problem is more related to dirt/corrosion or if it’s more mechanical. I think mine is more of a mechanical fault so I will probably need to send it off to Oculus for repair to fix it completely.
Bummer. Are you going to order a spare in the meantime?
@@OPENPCreviews I might use my Quest 1 whilst it gets repaired.
Thank you for this, quick run out to Home Depot to pick up the WD-40 contact cleaner. Resolved instantly!
was the wd 40 you bought for electrical or normal
For those of you wondering. Yes it works
Nice fix. I'm a bit surprised their chat support didn't seem to know how to troubleshoot it :/ they should study what Valve Hardware support is like (top notch, fixe everything,zero cost to me)
Yes I was thinking I should contact them back and let them know how I fixed... might still do that.
I didn't know you to describe this problem to Google, so glad I found this video!
Glad you found it helpful👍
Didn't expect this to work, but it worked like a charm.
I was also surprised myself! Glad it worked for you.
Thank You!! This was so helpful. My character would start drifting to the left. You sharing this information has been so helpful.
Glad it helped! Yeah this drove me CRAZY!!!
Just did this yesterday. Worked fine after using contact cleaner and compressed air.
thanks, allot man, I've been struggling with my controller drifting, I applied the contact cleaner, and now it's working great thanks again
You're welcome! I had to do this again two days ago but yeah it still works👍
This stuff saved my PS5 controller face buttons, they "sprung" back to life!
Nice!
Funciona perfectamente! Muchas gracias!! Yo y mi bolsillo te lo agradecemos enormemente ❤️
Thank you so much for this video! Can’t wait to try it on mine, since I see from the comments that it appears to have worked for many others. 🤞🏻
Thanks bro I bought oculus 2 and worked purfectly fine one day later left controller won’t go forward sometimes trying rn
thats the issue I had
Thanks you Brother, my Quest 2 controllers are doing the same thing. Glad to hear it's a easy fix.
Thank you! My controller joystick wasnt working well and it made it hard to play games, but this fixed perfectly! thank you!
nice video. I just bought a left oculus 2 controller a few weeks ago. My old controller had crazy drift. I got the q2 last October right at launch and I been using it almost daily so Im not really complaining.
Hey thanks! I also got mine on launch day. Yeah someone else told me that their controller drift was completely fixed by doing this as well! I've never had controller drift with these but good to know in case it happens. Weird though that I've never had issues like this with my Q1 controllers and I used them quite a bit. So if you still have your original left Oculus Quest 2 controller you should keep it, I bet this trick will get rid of the drift! Same side controller I was having issue with, the left one. I was just about to order a new left Quest 2 controller for $69 when I posted this issue on Reddit and got the advice to try this. I was shocked and extremely thankful that it actually worked.
Thank you, had this issue with my Rift S. Left stick would try to move back when going forward, my right would do left when barely touched. Fixed the issue immediately.
Glad to hear it👍
Thanks! I actually had this work for me with the rift S, same issue on my left Rift S controller. I really didn't expect it to work but works like new again.
Ace tip dude, worked like a bloody charm, didn't use air duster thing though, just let it dry for 20 minutes, did the same on an xbox one controller too, fixed that!
Nice man!!! Thanks for the update!
Thank you so much for this, i had the same issue but i couldnt find a solution anywhere until i found your video about it
You're welcome
Than you! I have a an Oculus Rift S and was experiencing intermittent forward motion on the left stick. I tried this method and it worked flawlessly! I did however use CRC QD Contact Cleaner and it worked just fine!
Nice! I'm glad this keeps working for people👍
I had the same issue and when I followed his advice it worked. 10/10 thanks Luke
Glad this is still working!
Thanks man appreciate it! This video also works on Quest 1 so you can title it "Quest 1/2" if you want! I legit cannot buy replacements as Q2 controllers don't work with Q1 and they don't make Q1 controllers anymore. This video saved me from having to deal with annoying drift issues on my left controller! Very informative and specific and clarifying what was used to make sure people don't use the wrong thing. Good video man I can now not endlessly drift into the dimension on my right lol (I would drift/move to the right constantly).
Omg I have the same problem! Same controller too!!! I'm moving about the analog stick as rn! 😆
Thank you man! Wasnt sure if this was actually work but it did. You the goat :) thanks bro
Awesome! Glad it worked for you.
Funny enough my left one started doing the same thing after a few hour sessions, thanks for letting us know how to fix it instead of having to buy new controllers.
Glad to help
Thank you. It took me way too long to find someone with this issue, but hopefully walmart has it in stock
Glad I could help
I didnt have either compressed air available, or contact cleaner. Once I saw what the issue was I tried my built in compressor (I blew in it). Fixed!
Nice!
Its also not hard to remove the top cover plate (After removing the battery) to expose the thumb stick and pull it off (straight up) revealing the shaft of the joystick itself. You can then lightly spray the same cleaner down the sides and work it in easily. (all else applies in this video) - thanks for posting
I did this with my rift S controller a while back. It eventually leaves a gunky film on it and just gets worse over time. I was using some spray that was very similar to what he describes. Its for electronics.
Thank you so much! I’ve been dealing with really bad drift for almost a year and this worked! Thank you so much.
AWESOME! Glad it worked for you!
Yup. Remove battery first!!! I broke my motor inside by not doing it. Ordered a brand new left controller. Also make sure it dries long enough, the more you put contact cleaner. However the old controller still works without the motor but it still drifting even if I completely filled up with isopophylic alcohol. Some drastic drifting can’t be fixed.
IT FRICKING WORKED PERFECTLY
Sweet!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This worked! Saved me from having to spend $70 on replacement controller! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
(read this, it might help) I just had this happen to me, and Instead of buying the stuff, I just pushed down the thumb stick and blew with my mouth intensely. And it did work, my controllers are now in working order
We're spending hundreds of dollars the least they could do is have remote controls that work I remember years ago even Nintendo controllers would last for years. Keep in mind that while the WD-40 may be a quick fix from my experience the problem will come back probably worse than before and then by that time the warranty will be expired so you're out the money I looked into a price of a new remote and where I'm at it's $100 just for one remote. We had purchased two Oculus quests and they both have the same issue that you're talking about so it's obvious that everybody is getting it sooner or later Oculus really should step up their customer support and issue refunds or credits. Why do we have to take a day out of our lives to buy all these extra products to fix their cheap product that breaks after a few weeks lol.
Agreed!
Before trying the WD I went to the meta chat support which made me try a few steps, one of them was to unpair then pair the controller again and guess what, it worked !
I'm glad I didnt have to buy this kind of WD40 for a brand new oculus. Thanks for the video anyway !
Nice! Glad to hear it. I don't think this would have worked for me since it did fix my problem, so it seems to have been hardware related.
Hey I came here for advice about the thumbsticks, but it was really nice to see you reference scripture at the end of your video and the QR code. Blessings and hope the Lord continues to sanctify you.
Thanks Ben! You too! I always wonder how often people see those at the end of my videos.
Walmart now has CRC brand QD Electronic Cleaner, red and white can with small black cap in the automotive section near the engine degreasers. WORKS LIKE A CHARM, the gray residue is graphite IMHO, because the X and Y button got shorted a bit by it, but once wiggled a bit they started working again, I sprayed so much that it poured through the trigger LMFAO. Thank you very much!
You're welcome! 👍
I have the same issue I have watched a couple videos that say the best cleaner to fix it for good is car CNC brand Mass air flow sensor cleaner. WD works but you usually have to reapply once a week the CNC stuff is a little more potent but still safe for plastic it's a once and done treatment.
yo man thanks so much i didn't think that I could play my favorite vr games with out getting a new vr headset or taking apart my controllers to fix them. Since I had a oculus 1 I thought that I might not have worked but it did and it works flawlessly now. So thanks
Glad to help👍
This was great info and a good start, but I'm from the 80s and we used to blow in Nintendo cartridges. I swear I tried it on my left oculus controller and it worked lol. Thank you for the direction of hardware and advice, and anyone from the 80s blow in that bad boy really good and hard like it's Zelda and it works...... I swear.
wd 40 alone did the trick for me! cheers!
AWESOME!
Another happy customer, thanks for this :) It works.
You're welcome!
Thank you going to try. So pissed. Right out of the box the left stick drift wont stop scrolling down and it’s basically all unusable… huge waste of money if this doesn’t work
Did it work? I have the same issue right out of the box, and I just tried this and it didn't work for me.
@@carsendunham4966 didnt work. I contacted their support and they emailed me a shipping label to exchange it tho!
Thank you so much! This fixed the problem, your a legend!
Man, I could not find anyone with the same problem. Whenever I would try to move my left joystick forward, my character would slowly move forward and stop unless I held the joystick button down really hard. Thank you for the help, I will test it right now and update this comment in an hour
It's been 12 hours. What say you?
i get this too
This worked flawlessly for me. Thank you so much
Welcome
PEOPLE HEAR ME OUT > i couldn't find some wd40 real quick, so i just blew air as hard as i could in the controller ( inbetween the joystick and plastic casing) and it WORKED, it totally did. So there it is, hoping it can help you :D
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
i tried it too , but you have to be very aware the amount of the water that come with it . first a few times it worked ,and last time i did the controller went out of connection, im pretty sure is the water came into the sensor, so just have this for your heads up .
you can blow really on the thunbstick pushing it down while moving backwards, without any air or anything.
Wish i found this sooner, my controller is already halfway taken apart lol, ill try this and see if it works
How did you do?
I tried it and it worked so good! Thank you so much
You're welcome!
Thanks man I’m trying it right now hope it works
Hope it worked for you👍
Do you need the air compressor as the final step or was it just to save time? Wanna make sure I know what’s necessary before doing this?
It probably isn't necessary I was just using it to not only help dry the contact cleaner out but to also blow out any debris or dust.
Thanks buddy your the man just watched this i really appreciate it
Glad I could help Danny!
I will give this a try, I'm having issues with my right controller stick. I tried the removing the battery method which seemed to work for a space of time before the drift return again.
Thank you. :) 🎉
This fixed my left controller's drift!
Very helpful video.
Glad it helped!
Ooh that actually seems like a good idea, I’ll have to pick up some of that stuff from my local store
Let me know how it goes
You earned my like, this worked for me
Great!!!!
Just tried this with the exact product and it worked! I first used compressed air but to no avail. Saved me $70 from having to buy a new controller (once Oculus gets them back on stock).
You are the hero we all need!
I love comments like these! Great to hear you got it fixed!
This helped with my quest 2 controller thanks so much
You're welcome!
I had the issue as well. The Oculus support called it "stick drift", but AFAIK stick drift is a different issue and can be fixed to a certain extent by extending the dead zone. But this issue here is different and since this is quite wide spread: is there an actual name for this issue?
BTW: I got my left controller replaced by Amazon and the new controller developed the same issue after 1 month, but worse.
Yes, the correct name for this ailment is 'stick drift'. Happens to just about every controller that uses a joystick, be it xbox 360, One, PS4... Sounds like for once Meta got something right (no, not the controllers but the name of the ailment)
Fixed my problem. Thanks!
Nice!!!!
I need to pick some up very soon, it was fine until last night on both sides.
Worked like a charm! You are the man
Thanks for the compliment. Glad it fixed it for you👍
Worked perfectly. Thanks! 🙏🏻
You're welcome!
Thank you I had the exact same issue and nothing worked and I came across here it worked
Glad it worked for you!
Thank you bro so much I needed that help 😅
No problem 👍
It worked perfectly for me thanks a lot!
You're welcome!
will this help if my buttons on the controller aren't working too, because sometimes the buttons won't work reliably, I also have the same issue with the joystick and I'm just making sure if it's safe to do the same strategy on the buttons as well
I have opened the black cover and done this. But it’s still going back to drifting after few plays of Pavlov. Will try the toothpick method.
Do you need an air compressor? I don't want to use wd40 and then not have air compressor
You don't need an air compressor
We are trying this right now, but instead of the contact cleaner or whatever you used, we are using rubbing alcohol. Hope it works, and thanks!
Did that damage your controller???
I have the same kiwi grips🤣 and it’s also my left controller
I really like these grips!
thank you very much, you saved my Joystick , I live in Brazil and here there is still no assistance for the Oculus, Wd solved the drift problem
If you have classic it still fixes it I tried and waited for couple of minutes and boom stick drift stopped
this glitching has been driving me mad on pop1, thanks for the vid, hope this fixes mine :)
Same)) can't play pop1, did it help?
used some generic contact cleaner and it worked. No more drifting for now
So this ended up helping a little but not fixing the problem entirely. The controllers are under a 1 year warranty from purchase date, and I was able to get an RMA without even talking to anyone.
Good to know. Sucks this still happens.
@@OPENPCreviews Agreed. I think the root cause may be dried up sweat in my case. Beat Saber gets me soaked and there's no doubt some salt found its way onto the contact and dried up, since there's zero protection for it below that faceplate.
For as much as the Quest gets advertised as a workout device, you'd think they'd have more consideration for sweat getting in there when designing the controller.
I have an electrical contact cleaner spray BUT it isn't the WD-40 brand. Does it have to be specifically WD-40 or can it be any brand?
I think any brand should work, as long as it's electrical contact cleaner.
This helped so much! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Same issue. This solved it. Thanks!
Awesome, thanks for reporting back!
just so you guys know this is a quick temporary fix, it does work but not permanent (at least for me). So you may have to do it once in a while.
I ended up having to do this again about 6 months after I made this video.
Your a lifesaver man thank you
Thanks, worked like magic.
AWESOME!
i used the WD 40 without contact cleaner and it still works
that’s really bad, your controller won’t last long
@@shydry7582 it stilll works lmfao and its been a month
*DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH!*
You're welcome!
FYI, an air compressor can have a lot of moisture in the air. I’d stick with the canned air and keep the can vertical.
that's what he said
instead of buying the wd first i just blew into the analog space where you sprayed the stuff then unpaired then paired it and it worked like brand new
Nice