I noticed that you’re using what looks to be one of those Amazon specials for your solder sucker. You should consider giving Engineer a try. I have their SS02 solder sucker and it’s leaps and bounds better than what I was using previously. They’re fully rebuildable, too, in case you ever wear it out from heavy usage. I love the one that I have; it has a replaceable silicone hose on the end, so it allows you to get the solder off the pad and pin in the first try. Japanese quality, too. 👍
I’ve been thinking of saving up and getting a legit desoldering gun to be honest. I *really* struggle with removing through hole capacitors sometimes, depending on the solder used in the factory. Like removing the aluminum caps on a 360 main board is torture
@@RestorationRelaxation Those Hakko ones are nice and quite honestly I had considered going that route, too, but the Engineer sucker has worked so well lately that I decided to hold off picking up one of them. That’s coming from someone who has one of their FX-888D solder stations as well as an FR-810B. I really haven’t found anything yet that the Engineer SS-02 doesn’t make ridiculously easy to remove the solder from. I have rebuilt close to about 100 GameCube Wavebirds and OEM wired controllers; about 20-25 of those got replacement OEM stickboxes and were all done using my one Engineer sucker. I’ve also done a bunch of capacitor replacements on NES top and front loaders. I would honestly reconsider getting the desoldering gun and just giving that Engineer sucker a try.
The solder sucker made things look easy on those larger holes on the 360 controller. But you could also put a small silicone earbud piece over the tip to get a tighter seal on those ones can help for small through holes. Easy to experiment and just hope the pads stay put.
I noticed that you’re using what looks to be one of those Amazon specials for your solder sucker. You should consider giving Engineer a try. I have their SS02 solder sucker and it’s leaps and bounds better than what I was using previously. They’re fully rebuildable, too, in case you ever wear it out from heavy usage. I love the one that I have; it has a replaceable silicone hose on the end, so it allows you to get the solder off the pad and pin in the first try. Japanese quality, too. 👍
I’ve been thinking of saving up and getting a legit desoldering gun to be honest. I *really* struggle with removing through hole capacitors sometimes, depending on the solder used in the factory. Like removing the aluminum caps on a 360 main board is torture
@@RestorationRelaxation
Those Hakko ones are nice and quite honestly I had considered going that route, too, but the Engineer sucker has worked so well lately that I decided to hold off picking up one of them. That’s coming from someone who has one of their FX-888D solder stations as well as an FR-810B. I really haven’t found anything yet that the Engineer SS-02 doesn’t make ridiculously easy to remove the solder from.
I have rebuilt close to about 100 GameCube Wavebirds and OEM wired controllers; about 20-25 of those got replacement OEM stickboxes and were all done using my one Engineer sucker. I’ve also done a bunch of capacitor replacements on NES top and front loaders.
I would honestly reconsider getting the desoldering gun and just giving that Engineer sucker a try.
@@StreetChally73 I will, thanks!
The solder sucker made things look easy on those larger holes on the 360 controller. But you could also put a small silicone earbud piece over the tip to get a tighter seal on those ones can help for small through holes. Easy to experiment and just hope the pads stay put.
very nice stuff man! i suggest you do more console stuff i find those more entertaining. :)
Thank you! My next two videos will be consoles :)
@@RestorationRelaxation awesome!
Newest video is a PS2 restoration :)
Yeah it looks like new at the end, but is it working? It would be great if you could test controllers same way as you test consoles.
It is working. Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn’t thought of that yet in my first few videos
Where did you find that type of thumbstick? Looks like Xbox one style.
I'm really annoyed that there's still traces of grime and filth even after cleaning it
Yeah, it’s difficult to get it perfect :/
Those are Xbox One/Xbox X|S analog sticks, not 360. 😅