I wanted to give you a huge thank you for this video. I was watching several "how to open the Dualsense" and yours was the only one that was helpful enough for me to manage without damage. Thanks!! Could finally fix my broken R2's
I was going to post the same. I was able to clearly see exactly how the top arm slots into the trigger plastic in your video unlike any other video on youtube. I had some trouble and lost one of my 10 springs but ultimately was able to get the bottom arm to slot in place. Hopefully Sony makes these springs more durable in future revisions of the Dualsense.
Legend, cheers mate! Tip for everyone else - The spring in the PS4 controller for the R2 and L2 triggers are the exact same. So if you have a faulty PS4 controller like I did, disassemble that and use one of the springs inside.
this was the best tutorial so far for replacing the R2 spring the proper closeup gave me confidence on what I was doing with the spring and the technique worked well. (after about 6 attempts)
Thanks for the video :) I had two controllers, the R2 spring on both broke and the second one happened after not even 24 hours!! The hardest part was honestly getting that black faceplate back in. But I got it!
Thanks for the comment and I’m glad the vid was useful for you. The black faceplate was tricky especially at the forward points as you can see from the vid. Glad it’s all sorted now though!
Had to open mine because when the faulty controller was connected the console wasn't getting past certain games loading screen or I couldn't "press X to continue", I was SO WORRIED it was an issue with the ps5 lol, turns out the L2 button was being pressed on without me pressing it, which was interfering with that initial game loading screen, but after adjusting the spring a bit it worked like a charm and everything's fixed!
Thank you. Managed to fix my controller with this video. It was a bit fiddly to get the spring in, but I managed. No idea where the broken spring went though
Had this issue with with a new controller less than 2months old. Having replaced the broken springs back to working order. Saved me buying new new controller 😁
Thank you for your video. I got mine the first weeks of December, and noticed this problem around January. The DS5 is very nice and feels great in my hands, but the springs are a major problem since they break so often. Add to this that they made them considerably harder to repair than the DS4, where the screws were exposed. I'm kind of disappointed.
Thank You very much! My R2 was weeaak and I just fixed it eith this video!!! I'm gonna share it with some peple I know who are having this same problem!
Thank you so much! I just bought a new scuf controller and this happened to me today while playing destiny. I switch the spring from the controller that came with my PS5. Works like a charm again. Im gonna give u a like and well earned follow mate, thanks again!
Great video mate. This happened to one of my 3-month-old controllers. Spoke with Sony support today and sending it back for a replacement. This seems like a pretty common issue. I've got 4 generations of PlayStations still with working controllers. This is a bit of a joke how bad these are.
@@aziak1317 I called them. I googled the number here in Australia. Pretty long on-hold waits though. About 45 minutes. I'm still waiting for it to come back. 🤞
Thank you so much for this, I just repaired my R2 while watching along to this, you made everything very clear, thank you!!!! My only feedback was that when I levered my R1 off by the corner, it got wedged in deep on the other corner, and I sweated for a few mins trying to get it off, I'd recommend going for the middle of the LR1 buttons to pop them off.
Thank you! Thank You! Thank You! -- Followed you step by step and everything turned out great -- Also a very helpful tip from BallerMan - I couldn't have done it without you guys - Excellent easy to follow video!
Great guide. I have now repaired my controller and it works better than before. Following your guide while doing it was very easy. Thank you very much for the upload.
Thank you so much. My R2 just went a few days ago but thanks to your video it is now fixed. I tried with tweezers but honestly found it easier holding the spring down with my finger and using a screwdriver like you. Saved me a lot of hassle. Nice straightforward unbloated video, simple and clear.
The bigger piece of the spring (3/4)was stuck to the motor for vibration, obviously there is a magnetic element inside. My son didn't even realize it was broken. I was tearing down to do a POD replacement, damned stick drift. Fun stuff. Oh I didnt know the spring was broken so I pulled one off his old ps4 controller, but bent the ends of the spring differently so the triggers had no play. The springs are a tad different.
6:40 I tried to open this part REAL gently but still ended up breaking the clip. tried on all 3 controllers and broke all of them still don't know how to pull it off without doing any damage.
ok I've found a few ways to do this. Some inwards pressure on the joint between top and bottom seems to help. Or of you look down from the L1/R1 there are little ports, easing a flat blade driver in there separates the clips.
Thanks brother, this was very informative I just looked it up on ebay and they're very cheap, a pack of 10 springs is around 2 to 4 dollars Given how my controller took 4 months to break both springs, 2 dollars a year for just fixing a controller is a bargain
Dude, i don't have any repair skills, but this tutorial is fucking good! Today i could repair my R2 button and keep gaming on callisto protocol, thank you so much!
Wow, awesome. Now on to ebay to order some springs. Was going to send my pad back to Sony, but I'm thinking this will probably be happening again in the future, so I think all PS5 owners need to get used to taking there pad apart and replacing the spring.
@@TheCallinswood my pad died in under 5hrs of gameplay. Totally agree that it shouldn't happen and there are major flaws with the controller. I have owned a Snes, Gamecube, Switch, N64, PS1-PS4 and never had an issue so early in a consoles life before now. Really bad on Sony's behalf. To add i was never aggressive with the pad to prompt the spring issue. Thanks again for the awesome video 👍. I should have the springs ordered from ebay deliverd next week.
Thanks dude, got mine from amazon too and what you said about the discount influenced me to contact them, wasn't going to bother as it's still useable just annoying. Getting £45 off them is better than nothing lol :)
Thanks so much man i will be buying myself some of that springs and il try to fix it gently because i know you said it but im a bit scared but i will try
Brilliant guide, thank you so much! Looking forward to repairing both of my controllers. (The second one just failed so now I have no choice, and had to look into it, haha.) This is a huge help!!
i did your tutorial, definitely helped, but i noticed my controller is kinda different from yours don't know why but i still managed to work my way around it, thank you tho, this video helped alot
Thanks for your comment and I’m really glad it helped. How is yours different and when did you get the console? I wonder if there has been a change to the production methods
@@TheCallinswood well i got my console 2 weeks after the release date cause i live in africa, which is one of the reasons i couldn’t have my controller shipped to sony so i had to get a new one around december(controller) but i noticed the locks for the R2 springs were a bit different to mine in terms of shape and the were much smaller, so it made it really hard to find a way to lock in my new springs, don’t know if you have a video on how to fix controller drift cause mine now has drifting issues :(
So when measuring my controller, the R2 value for input is stuck at 255. I checked the spring, but it's still there and seems to be fine. I'm waiting for springs to come in, so I'll replace it anyways. However, does anyone know if it could be another issue?
Gonna buy a tool kit and try soon my L2 button spring seems like something is stuck in there it’s brand new so doubt it’s the spring itself makes a lil noise unless I blow into the stick area
My r2 spring busted , walked right into ebgames and got a replacement, not without the snobby lady at the counter saying "my bf has cod and plays pretty hard and his never broke. Lmao I've had my ps4 controller for like 5 years, my nephew dropped it so many times I lost count and it never broke. My dualsense was not dropped once , I was honestly just playing destiny 2 and bam it went soft, thats never happened to me before.... lol
I just received a pair of trigger springs for dualshock4 which are the same ones used in dualsense, to fix the same issue i've run into on the dualsense. Now comes the tricky part of placing the spring on the L2 trigger
You're awesome my guy, I've bought 2 (3 with the included) controllers so far, just had a second one break and was able to take the good spring from the 1st broken controller and use it in the 2nd broken controller 😁
I take apart my PS4 and PS5 controllers all the time, I actually think the PS5 controller is a nice controller to take apart, just be mostly careful with the ribbon cables. a lot of it is modular, so you won't break anything if your careful.
I used one of the coils from one of my old broken ps3 controllers. The metal in the ps3 controller feels different than the one in the dualsense and seems to not be able to break like the original dualsense coils. To get the coil out of the ps3 controller you have to bend the coil to be straight then bend it similar to how the dualsense is. It doesn't have to be perfectly bent just enough to allow it to stay in place and allow the trigger to work properly.
Won’t void the warranty on your console but probably the pad. You can send them back to Sony but the lead time is a few weeks. I was lucky and was reimbursed the cost of a controller by my retailer so I had a free pad to work on
Thanks a lot for the video, Idk why but I found a screw inside my controller, this thing blocked the R2 trigger I think, but still dont know where is this screw from ?
İ heard some rattling inside of my controller actually its close the right side of the controller so i thought the spring was loose . I did what you showed on this video and saw that the spring was still on its place but there is still something loose inside of the controller
Thanks for your reply and I hope the video helped. Interesting that something is loose but not the spring. Is the spring fully in tact? I have since seen the spring body remain but one of the arms had come off
Hi. The spring is fine on my L2 button. I opened it up watching this to double check and everything looks perfect. But the L2 button isn't working...sometimes it randomly decides to work though. What's going on ahhh
It’s crazy that this happens to basically every ps5 controller and I’ve never seen an article or press release from Sony about it. Unless I just missed them at some point…?
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I wanted to give you a huge thank you for this video. I was watching several "how to open the Dualsense" and yours was the only one that was helpful enough for me to manage without damage. Thanks!! Could finally fix my broken R2's
It’s one of my pet hates, the how to videos that aren’t clear or are far to complicated. Glad it was of use and happy gaming!
I was going to post the same. I was able to clearly see exactly how the top arm slots into the trigger plastic in your video unlike any other video on youtube. I had some trouble and lost one of my 10 springs but ultimately was able to get the bottom arm to slot in place. Hopefully Sony makes these springs more durable in future revisions of the Dualsense.
Legend, cheers mate! Tip for everyone else - The spring in the PS4 controller for the R2 and L2 triggers are the exact same. So if you have a faulty PS4 controller like I did, disassemble that and use one of the springs inside.
this was the best tutorial so far for replacing the R2 spring the proper closeup gave me confidence on what I was doing with the spring and the technique worked well. (after about 6 attempts)
Thanks for the video :) I had two controllers, the R2 spring on both broke and the second one happened after not even 24 hours!! The hardest part was honestly getting that black faceplate back in. But I got it!
Thanks for the comment and I’m glad the vid was useful for you.
The black faceplate was tricky especially at the forward points as you can see from the vid. Glad it’s all sorted now though!
Had to open mine because when the faulty controller was connected the console wasn't getting past certain games loading screen or I couldn't "press X to continue", I was SO WORRIED it was an issue with the ps5 lol, turns out the L2 button was being pressed on without me pressing it, which was interfering with that initial game loading screen, but after adjusting the spring a bit it worked like a charm and everything's fixed!
Same! Going to adjust it now
Going thru this same thing now? So this works ?
I'm having the same problem but I'm not sure how u did it
Yaay finally I fixed the L2 trigger spring replacement myself. Took me couple of tries and 15 mins in total. Thank you sir
Awesome news! Glad to hear this helped you out! Now back to gaming!!
My spring keeps flying out help
@@lilBrymp that’s what she said 😂
I finally got to fixing it, took me 2 hrs of crying
@@TheCallinswood mind if u can fix mines?
Thanks! My warranty expired so I figured I'd try and fix it myself. Your tutorial and tips made that real easy
Thank you so much!! You’re a life saver mate, just saved me 70$ thanks!!
One Of The Easiest Best Described And Demonstrated Tutorials Iv Seen. My Controller Has Been Fixed In No Time. Thank You My Friend 🙌🏽
Thank you. Managed to fix my controller with this video. It was a bit fiddly to get the spring in, but I managed. No idea where the broken spring went though
Just replaced my spring followed his steps worked great thanks!
Glad this guide was of some help! Happy gaming
@@TheCallinswood hi I'm trying this but I have one problem whts the size 0f the spring
Useful vid, helped me get the new spring on. Cost £4 to fix and took 5 mins.
Had this issue with with a new controller less than 2months old. Having replaced the broken springs back to working order. Saved me buying new new controller 😁
Thanks for the comment and I’m glad to hear this worked out for you!
Bro thank you so much, my r2 and r1 button wasn’t working right, thanks to your video I was finally able to fix it 😁
Your channel is a hero i was wanting to buy a ps5 but scared if it would break on me so really thank you
Glad this helped out!
Thank you for your video. I got mine the first weeks of December, and noticed this problem around January. The DS5 is very nice and feels great in my hands, but the springs are a major problem since they break so often. Add to this that they made them considerably harder to repair than the DS4, where the screws were exposed. I'm kind of disappointed.
Ps4 and ps5 dumb as
Thank You very much! My R2 was weeaak and I just fixed it eith this video!!! I'm gonna share it with some peple I know who are having this same problem!
Really glad it helped and thanks for the comment. Feel free to share
“ quick and simple “ literally takes the whole controller apart
Thank you for this very in-depth tutorial. Just got mine fixed and I also added a new skin plate in exchange the black part
Thank you so much! I just bought a new scuf controller and this happened to me today while playing destiny. I switch the spring from the controller that came with my PS5. Works like a charm again. Im gonna give u a like and well earned follow mate, thanks again!
Yooo thanks for this I stumbled over my ottoman last night and messed up my ps5 r2 trigger this helped me fix it lucky for me the spring didn’t break
Thank u..Fixed R2..Still a lil more tension than L2..but still works.Very easy instructions..Thank u😁
Great video mate. This happened to one of my 3-month-old controllers. Spoke with Sony support today and sending it back for a replacement. This seems like a pretty common issue. I've got 4 generations of PlayStations still with working controllers. This is a bit of a joke how bad these are.
How do you contact them?
@@aziak1317 I called them. I googled the number here in Australia. Pretty long on-hold waits though. About 45 minutes. I'm still waiting for it to come back. 🤞
Thanks, my R2 just got stuck, was just trying to figure out how to open. Had to press R2 section back into place.
Thank you so much for this, I just repaired my R2 while watching along to this, you made everything very clear, thank you!!!!
My only feedback was that when I levered my R1 off by the corner, it got wedged in deep on the other corner, and I sweated for a few mins trying to get it off, I'd recommend going for the middle of the LR1 buttons to pop them off.
Freaking awesome best explained video ever I fixed my controller right after I watched this
I've just had to do this and used your video as a reference guide. Thank you for making it clear very easy to follow 🙂
Just fixed my L2 spring. That was really testing my patience as that side is hidden away
Thank you! Thank You! Thank You! -- Followed you step by step and everything turned out great -- Also a very helpful tip from BallerMan - I couldn't have done it without you guys - Excellent easy to follow video!
Excellent video, clear and informative. Thanks!
Thankyou for your comment!
Great guide. I have now repaired my controller and it works better than before. Following your guide while doing it was very easy. Thank you very much for the upload.
Thank you so much. My R2 just went a few days ago but thanks to your video it is now fixed. I tried with tweezers but honestly found it easier holding the spring down with my finger and using a screwdriver like you. Saved me a lot of hassle. Nice straightforward unbloated video, simple and clear.
A tiny lump of blu tac helps enormously with this. Both to stop the damn spring from jumping off and with putting the 4 tiny case screws back in.
Thanks very much mate still currently fiddling reattaching the black plastic part but the spring is in 😂 great video
The bigger piece of the spring (3/4)was stuck to the motor for vibration, obviously there is a magnetic element inside. My son didn't even realize it was broken. I was tearing down to do a POD replacement, damned stick drift. Fun stuff. Oh I didnt know the spring was broken so I pulled one off his old ps4 controller, but bent the ends of the spring differently so the triggers had no play. The springs are a tad different.
6:40 I tried to open this part REAL gently but still ended up breaking the clip. tried on all 3 controllers and broke all of them still don't know how to pull it off without doing any damage.
ok I've found a few ways to do this. Some inwards pressure on the joint between top and bottom seems to help. Or of you look down from the L1/R1 there are little ports, easing a flat blade driver in there separates the clips.
Thanks brother, this was very informative
I just looked it up on ebay and they're very cheap, a pack of 10 springs is around 2 to 4 dollars
Given how my controller took 4 months to break both springs, 2 dollars a year for just fixing a controller is a bargain
Whilst it shouldn’t happen in months I’m glad you now have a fix and the video was useful
bru i need answer Asap can u take spring controller of ps4 and put it on ps5?
A massive great super thank you from France !
Dude, i don't have any repair skills, but this tutorial is fucking good!
Today i could repair my R2 button and keep gaming on callisto protocol, thank you so much!
Thanks for this …..far this was a pain in the arse to get the bloody screws in after fixing the spring swear it took me nearly 20 minutes 😂😂
For prying, try to put some duct tape to a tiny screwdriver to avoid scratching/damagin the plastic.
Good tip
Thanks! This helped me fix my son's pad. 🎉
Would be good to see a video of the L2 spring being replaced, so much harder
Also brought a repair kit 4 $10 on Amazon..Thanks💯
Wow, awesome. Now on to ebay to order some springs. Was going to send my pad back to Sony, but I'm thinking this will probably be happening again in the future, so I think all PS5 owners need to get used to taking there pad apart and replacing the spring.
It really shouldn’t happen in the first place. I read the average pad life is 400 hours which isn’t good. I’m glad this was useful for you though!
@@TheCallinswood my pad died in under 5hrs of gameplay. Totally agree that it shouldn't happen and there are major flaws with the controller. I have owned a Snes, Gamecube, Switch, N64, PS1-PS4 and never had an issue so early in a consoles life before now. Really bad on Sony's behalf. To add i was never aggressive with the pad to prompt the spring issue.
Thanks again for the awesome video 👍. I should have the springs ordered from ebay deliverd next week.
Thanks dude, got mine from amazon too and what you said about the discount influenced me to contact them, wasn't going to bother as it's still useable just annoying. Getting £45 off them is better than nothing lol :)
Thanks for the vid! Easy fix and my controller is back to new. Appreciate ya 👍
Thank you!!! Exactly what I was looking for, easy to follow. Take care.
Thank you for this video! I also Bentley Gended it like you said 13:25. I am not excited for recoloring. 🙏
R2 spring all fixed thanks to this video 👍
Thanks brother! Great video. Worked like a charm.
Is there still a way to fix the L2 button without the tedious teardown? Even if it's 50x more harder to get the spring on? Lol. Doable still?
Thanks so much man i will be buying myself some of that springs and il try to fix it gently because i know you said it but im a bit scared but i will try
Thank you for your help , from France
This is a really well made guide. Helped me out alot.
Easy fix for my R2 trigger. Thanks so much!
Great vid. Thanks. Did my R2 after warranty ran out.
Brilliant guide, thank you so much! Looking forward to repairing both of my controllers. (The second one just failed so now I have no choice, and had to look into it, haha.) This is a huge help!!
i did your tutorial, definitely helped, but i noticed my controller is kinda different from yours don't know why but i still managed to work my way around it, thank you tho, this video helped alot
Thanks for your comment and I’m really glad it helped. How is yours different and when did you get the console? I wonder if there has been a change to the production methods
@@TheCallinswood well i got my console 2 weeks after the release date cause i live in africa, which is one of the reasons i couldn’t have my controller shipped to sony so i had to get a new one around december(controller) but i noticed the locks for the R2 springs were a bit different to mine in terms of shape and the were much smaller, so it made it really hard to find a way to lock in my new springs, don’t know if you have a video on how to fix controller drift cause mine now has drifting issues :(
So when measuring my controller, the R2 value for input is stuck at 255. I checked the spring, but it's still there and seems to be fine. I'm waiting for springs to come in, so I'll replace it anyways.
However, does anyone know if it could be another issue?
Need a video specifically about L2 since it's harder to get to/fix
Take out battery and motherboard and should be easy access from there
Why is this even happening Sony should be ashamed I just brought mines and it’s broken already but thanks for the video will fix now thank you 👍🏽
How much does it cost to fix a ps5 controller? my L2 is completely stuck, it won't move.
I love you, fixed 2 controllers
I have this problem but w/ L2 for the building in Minecraft
How on earth did you get the spring in the second catch so easily? You're a God, thank you!
Gonna buy a tool kit and try soon my L2 button spring seems like something is stuck in there it’s brand new so doubt it’s the spring itself makes a lil noise unless I blow into the stick area
did you manage to sort this?
My r2 spring busted , walked right into ebgames and got a replacement, not without the snobby lady at the counter saying "my bf has cod and plays pretty hard and his never broke. Lmao I've had my ps4 controller for like 5 years, my nephew dropped it so many times I lost count and it never broke. My dualsense was not dropped once , I was honestly just playing destiny 2 and bam it went soft, thats never happened to me before.... lol
Hopefully you managed to get this fixed!
I just received a pair of trigger springs for dualshock4 which are the same ones used in dualsense, to fix the same issue i've run into on the dualsense. Now comes the tricky part of placing the spring on the L2 trigger
Thanks man, really helpful. Simple and easy
You're awesome my guy, I've bought 2 (3 with the included) controllers so far, just had a second one break and was able to take the good spring from the 1st broken controller and use it in the 2nd broken controller 😁
Excellent. Details etc. Thank you
Thank you, helped me a lot.
Thank you very much! Nice tutorial!
I used the spring of my ps4 controller and just put it on my ps5 controller thanks
I want to fix my R2 trigger but I'm too scared to take apart my controller like this lol
Honestly, take your time it’s really easy
I was too. But taking it apart wasn't that bad. I didn't end up breaking 1 of the clamps until trying to put it back together lmao.
I take apart my PS4 and PS5 controllers all the time, I actually think the PS5 controller is a nice controller to take apart, just be mostly careful with the ribbon cables. a lot of it is modular, so you won't break anything if your careful.
It Worked!, thanks for the tutoríal
Brilliant vid imagine will have to do this at some point on my white controlled when eventually get a PS5.
I used one of the coils from one of my old broken ps3 controllers. The metal in the ps3 controller feels different than the one in the dualsense and seems to not be able to break like the original dualsense coils. To get the coil out of the ps3 controller you have to bend the coil to be straight then bend it similar to how the dualsense is. It doesn't have to be perfectly bent just enough to allow it to stay in place and allow the trigger to work properly.
Ok ill try to do that bc damnnnn
Thank you very much for the help
My l1 and r1 only works when I press it very hard, does any1 know a fix?
Broke my controller thanks mate
Very helpful video! Only issue is I may have to get a replacement anyways as It may void the warranty on my PS5!
Won’t void the warranty on your console but probably the pad. You can send them back to Sony but the lead time is a few weeks. I was lucky and was reimbursed the cost of a controller by my retailer so I had a free pad to work on
My spring is fine it just has no input once I hit l2 this is no response idk what to do
Thanks a lot for the video, Idk why but I found a screw inside my controller, this thing blocked the R2 trigger I think, but still dont know where is this screw from ?
İ heard some rattling inside of my controller actually its close the right side of the controller so i thought the spring was loose . I did what you showed on this video and saw that the spring was still on its place but there is still something loose inside of the controller
Thanks for your reply and I hope the video helped. Interesting that something is loose but not the spring. Is the spring fully in tact? I have since seen the spring body remain but one of the arms had come off
Thanks man, really useful 👍
best video of this problem
Hi. The spring is fine on my L2 button. I opened it up watching this to double check and everything looks perfect. But the L2 button isn't working...sometimes it randomly decides to work though. What's going on ahhh
The other part of the spring that broke on my l2 controller went inside the rumble motor, I dont know how to get it out.
Thanks for the comment, I think you are just going to have to give a good shake
erm so my L1 and L2 buttons are like pushed in and when i try to push L2 down the controller opens. help?
Thank you, Sir! You are awesome
But where can you get these things to fix R2
EBay, the ones listed for ps4 controllers also work
@@TheCallinswood oh thanks i will buy it and fix it but im scared that i will break my controller
@@lina.medjedovic1303 the springs are really easy fixes. Go slowly, watch the video
@@TheCallinswood ok thanks for helping me
My R2 is too sensitive idk why how do I fix without opening the whole pad up?
Great video, thanks so much!
Glad this was useful
Nice work gr8 video very helpful
Thanks man, really helpful! Cheers
It’s crazy that this happens to basically every ps5 controller and I’ve never seen an article or press release from Sony about it. Unless I just missed them at some point…?
Why is there no video where the spring is on the other side and a little plastic piece won't go back together
@@ChrisCjc-hn5wn what do you mean? There’s a video showing the L2 repair… it’s quite hard to zoom in further.
God damn it Dark Souls 3 You broke my L2 trigger.