Chosen Solution
I do not know if its my fault, excessive use, or what, but basically the left thumbstick on my Afterglow wired controller has cracked and is now missing most of the surface area. The rubber pads that were on the joystick never lasted long either on both thumbs. Should I just use different controllers or replace my joysticks or something? I haven’t seen another controller before with this problem, except in very minor cases on original Xbox controllers. Without all of the surface area, moving in the correct direction is a bit more difficult of a task, and when clicking in the stick to sprint in games can cause pain on my thumb.
@shannoodle those have a bad tendency of wearing out rapidly with frequent use. The price of heavy gaming. I’d suggest that you replace the broken joysticks and replace the plastic caps. The joysticks are soldered to the board and will of course require soldering skills.
https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Silic… Glue the joystick with Loctite, when dry rap with some good quality electrical tape. That and those above joystick covers should you for a while, but I suggest getting another remote and using the other one for when friends want to play. Next time replace the rubber pads earlier. https://www.amazon.com/Afterglow-Wired-C… Other than that, you could buy a new motherboard from eBay with the joysticks already attached. Just open the case and replace it. A soldering iron is only $7: https://www.amazon.com/Soldering-INCLUDE…
