Dualshock 4 - Fixing Acceleration Issues on R2 Trigger
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Quick and Dirty way of fixing the R2 / L2 triggers in cases where they no longer correctly register their end-of-travel.
Usually this manifests itself by you not being able to accelerate in racing games and losing more crushingly than ever.
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I already knew what I had to do but must say these are the best close-up views so thanks for this.
this is exactly why I make yhese videos 🤘🤘
Very helpful video
I sucked at f1 and GTA time trials even when I completely nailed the corners. It was bc of my R2 button, I did this and now I’m up 5 positions in f1. Big big difference!
yeah - make sure to check your joystick from time to time 🔥
Pro tip for anyone who’s doing this, if you have a broken or spare parts controller, the L side triggers rarely see this damage since they’re rarely used, so you might get more mileage using a recycled L side rubber piece than adding epoxy
true that ! thanks
@@Darieee my controller acts as if the trigger is pressed down even though its new and its not stuck or anything like that
@@Ben-we7ld I just fixed this issue with my controller. You’re going to want to take your controller apart & clean the contact points. Its a clear film behind the buttons. Get a cotton swab & dip it in isopropyl alcohol & clean the contact points. It’ll work like new once put back together. Be careful taking the controller apart, many small components. Also clean the rest of the controller with alcohol while you’re down there. Saves you future trips👍🏽
@@joeyb2158 thank you so much it worked
This video helped my problem! I had 70-80% when pressing the R2 button and after some silicone it was at 100%. TY!
I wonder how long it will last
race on brother 🔥
After some silicon ? What does that mean
@@thunder6678 still going strong? Or did it wear out?
Yea still going strong, but it wears out a little bit. So I check out if the R2 and L2 still giving me 100% after pressing. But I'am still happy with the result afterall. 😃
Thanks a lot for this video. My R2 trigger was reading at 20% strength, and after opening it I saw that the original rubber had worn down a lot, so I applied silicone and left the controller over night. When I tested it the next morning, the pressure went up to 255, but the last 5% of the pressure gauge filled in slowly, and I couldn't get an instant 255 reading by pressing the trigger all the way, which is what I saw with the L2 trigger. I figured I just slightly underestimated how much silicone I needed, so instead of waiting another half a day, I reopened the controller and put a tiny dab of super glue instead. After it dried, I finally got an instant 255 reading when holding the trigger all the way.
nice ❤️, you can indeed add epoxy to the plastic part of the trigger to get that larger ...
and in the mean time probably order some new membranes off of aliexpress - just watch out - there are like 40 variants of the DS4 controller out there
My controller just keep pressing R2 even though I'm not even pressing it but when i switched to another controller it worked fine. any ideas to fix it?
The solution more than likely has to do with the circuit connection that the button touches, either it’s broken or there’s moisture causing the controller to think it’s being pressed. You’d either have to check for any debris or moisture or if there’s none, replace the connection
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Yes where your L2 button is and around that part is what makes your r2 works so if it's messing up chances are that you have to open you controller and put it back and place
Same problem with me
this is why I hate consoles, a phacking 10 dollar keyboard mouse combo lasts longer than these controllers
I bought a scuf impact back in 2017,it arrived with this same problem.
I didnt have time to send it back,moved to another country.
Ive opened and fixed it many times by canibalising old ps4 controllers,replaced that same rubber twice,as time passes it happens again,never thought about using silicone....i will try this tonight!
Thank you 🙏
This this work ?
@@mbkbebo Yes it did,it takes some adjusting,i has to shave down the silicone with some scissors,its better then it was before and still going strong.
Super cheap alternative is to cut a thick elastic into a little square and glue it inside the housing of the r2 button. It works trust me. You don’t even have to glue it in either. I just set it inside and put the controller back together and it works just fine for me now. It’s been like this now for the last three months and o saved myself $70 or however much ps4 controllers are going for now.
works pretty way and the easiest and fastest fix!
I made something like you for a client, I just used a really strong glue to fill part of the housing and making like a glue wall.
not really fix my problem, it's still got like 70-80% pull
i've tried to change the spring also but don't know what the problem is
Hello, i have the opposite problem, its pressing by itself, it aims automaticlly in games even tho i dissasebmled the controller and got that rubber on L2 out, could it be that the that film is broken or something else?
I just cut a little piece of toothpick with some wire cutters to fit the space inside the rubber thingy and it worked very well, no need for silicone or epoxy, I'll be trying it and seeing how it holds. I chose a toothpick because it's soft enough that it shouldn't deform anything inside there. I'll report soon with an edit.
Its still working?
@@InsignificantHuman I guess my fix has successfully pass the one month mark. I haven't notice anything wrong with it, only that it got a little bit less sensitive for soft touches, as seen in the controller tester, but in practice I haven't noticed nothing different really.
Oh man, you are completely addicted to this silicone stuff...😂
dude if I find a way to wear it and sleep on it - I will.
Nice, after I opened my controller, I just switched the rubber cushiones , R1 for R2 and it works great for now...
Update, it worked but the auto lock didn’t, but everything did! Need to fill the gap where the grove was, but Back UP.
EASY take 2 earings post and chop off the large part and fit in to the damage silicone thats fix 100% for me
Really? How do you mean exactly? You put those kind of crowns into the hole of the silicone or?
I can’t put the two parts together anymore. I don’t know why but the top won’t fit on the bottom anymore.
My r2 is keep on pressing itself after 30min of playing but if i restart my console it is okay but the problem starts after 30min again any solutions ??
Hello, what program did you use when measuring the pressing of the R2 button?
Gamepad tester
basically i have an issue where my L2 is sensitive when i push it down just barley and when i mean barley BARLEY pushing it down will make it do what L2 does in games which is shoot or throw something which its get annoying when i play fps games and i accidentally lightly tap it and it stops me from running and my R2 is sort slow when i push it down
Did you fix the sensitive L2?
Can someone tell me what material is best to use besides silicone? Because I'm considering glue to fill the hole but I don't know if it will be strong enough to resist for a year or so when I press R2.
Edit: thanks for the video btw! Really helpful!
try depositing epoxy resin on the button side
maybe scratch the plastic a bit so the epoxy bites super well
Im finishing in the top 5 in gt7 currently, cant wait to clean it
Is you controller/ r2 button still working properly after using this method? Or did it revert back to the broken state?
Always wondered why i drive alot slower than my teammates in Rocket League...
and - was it this ??
@@Darieee yeah...
here for the same issue..
Hello my problem seems like the film pad under the membrane buttons because I was trying to trouble shoot with the controller apart and the ps4 on and couldn’t get r2 to work no matter how much pressure or angle I put nothing would work so I think the film is bad. How do I fix that part
My problem is that when i press my l2 trigger, it doesnt even respond. Not even 1%... Tried openning it but i dont see anything. What would be a potential fix?
most likely something's up with your membrane
either buy a new one (there's like 50 variants so - watch out)
or maybe check if its contacts are dirty or something
This worked for me. Couldn't get full throttle on gran tourism sport. I used a couple layers of electrical tape on the inside of the trigger instead of the silicone though and I'm back to winning races.
I got 2 dualshock 4's by switching 4 times each I realised that one have 50% R2 throttle and 80% brakes qnd other one has 50% brakes and 100% throttle just pain
my problem is that there isn't enough post. i'm hitting 100% while using 30% of the physical mechanism
In gta it doesn’t stop aiming my crontroller everything dirsnt work
Ok, so my r2 is working but sometimes it makes the character turn left, why is that? And I don't mean it makes the character literally move its legs to the left, I mean it as the camera angle is moved to the left
No matter what I do my r2 just won’t shoot, it drives about 50% speed but even if I put my dead zones all the way down it still doesn’t shoot I don’t get it lol, time for a new controller I gues
you could just buy the button flex .. not sure how it's called but those are rather cheap
buy a new controller and order one of those - should be fine
@darieee Hey, I need help with my controller! I was playing ghost recon wildlands when I experienced the issue! Whenever I wanted to drive any vehicle, it just accelerated at a speed of 5 or 10,, very very slow! So I used to invert the trigger configuration for accelerate & reverse & it then worked fine! Recently I wanted to play GTA v again but the same issue, this time the vehicle does not move with complete trigger pressed! Please help & guide!
idk if anybody dealed with this before but my r2 button when i try to use it it makes me go right and idk how to fix it
I watched the whole video. Okay, I'm having the opposite issue. So, instead of having ~80% of my R2 when I press it, I have 100% of my R2 WithOUT touching it. Do you think I need to replace the white rubber piece (as shown at 5:25)? Or do you think it's the membrane/film??
first - a good thorough clean should be in order
So we are having the same problem, I see.
An update for anyone else interested.
The membrane/film was fine. It was the white, silicone piece that was simply worn out.
Apparently, that piece can differ in shape. Most of the ones you find online are NOT like the ones you'll find in the controller. I tried modifying the one I ordered to fit like the old one, but it didn't work - R2 would only register up to 80%.
Ultimately, I took the silicone piece off of a spare controller and that fixed it.
Hope others have better luck with this issue.
My R2 doesn’t even reach 220 it barely reached 200 should i try what your doing in this video…?!
I guess it should work right ??
Could you use superglue instead of silicone of not available?
im on pc and on re4 it doesnt shoot unless i press really really hard
Your screwdriver is a dab tool. Awesome
So I have this controller but there is one problem when I press l2 it recognizes r2 also so for example when I press l2 to aim it automatically presses r2 for it can some help I’ve searched for an hour now and can’t find a solution
replace the button membrane - that plastic film thingy
Mine R2 is beeing pressed without me pressing it and sometimes it doesnt react at all when I press it, then i shake the controller and it works for a few mitutes, and then it repeats...
doesn't sound too good indeed
my L2 button keep pressing by itself please HELP !
I think you used too much lool
Wym i never opend up the controller before
@@vaughn3916Oh my bad I thought you opened it and applied too much silicone
Hi , I have no clue what u said but my R2 is getting pressed even thought I am not touching like for example when I open a ingame map it just zoom in cos th R2 is getting pressed so all I wanted to know was will this fix that? Cos I don't wanna mess with my controller and break it
ua-cam.com/video/hXEkyU0YTFA/v-deo.html something like this happens
It's constantly active a bit, how to fix that?
Ello there can I just replace the rubber thing?
Are those 2000mah batteries worth it?
I'd say so .. most my controllers have them and the battery life on those is way more relaxing
Great tutorial. Interesting fact about the silicone and why it smells so rancid. I never knew that, but I did wonder about it.
Thanks a lot
I disassemble mine and found why I my L2 trigger lost sensibility, the pad is worn out a little
This was a good video, it got me a little closer to diagnosing the issue I have with my controller which is that it triggers L2 and R2 constantly, even with the case split apart. My question is, if this continues to happen with the rubber pads removed, how is the circuit being triggered? I sprayed contact cleaner under the pad but it didn’t work.
you'll most likely need to replace the entire plastic membrane .. or maybe there's something up where the membrane makes contact with the main board
@@Darieee hrm I get what you’re saying. I do have a donor controller, I’ll swap over some components and see if that helps. When you say plastic membrane are you talking about the part you filled with silicone?
@@Darieee I figured it out. The screw that holds the main pcb was loose causing it to flex and move where it makes connection with the flexible circuitboard.
Can i use hot glue gun instead of that silicone ?
I was also thinking about that
Ill try. If it works, ill tell you
@@sicstynain10yearsago17 interesting, waiting for the results 😃
@@7MB it didnt work 😔. You can try maybe it can work for you
@@sicstynain10yearsago17 you tried silicone?
Thanks, I'm having problems in need for speed, tomorrow I see if this works
Thank you for the help man
It worked for me, Thanks Man!
It is fucking fixed, your a hero!
nois ❤️
I lost my little thing
R2 button broke cuz it slipped off my greasy ass hand
Can we use just glue?
aaaäæ .. that might come off .. do try though
let us know what worked and how well
maybe glue something onto the trigger itself
@@Darieee I would try that next time, because just using glue worked for me so far .. But i don't think it will last long though
I like using E-6000 for stuff like this.
what's that ??
@@Darieee glue
I have to double click r2 to give full gas😶
Thank you
that helped me thx man
You think I would be good with sum hot glue gun silicone or nah
Man, you speak more than you work. Just do it!
Is this original or fake dualshock?
I hope original 🫡
@@Darieee
You don't have the answer!!?
you don't have it either man
@@Darieee Surely , but you have experience with opening dualshocks.
nah was joking man - I have 4 used but very original dualshocks ...
Wtf
Fake ds4, btw. Just sayin'...
Not make i will his work!
really .. didn't even know those existed