How To Replace A Ps 4 Controller Joystick. NOTE: There will be a lot of small parts at this point so I suggest keeping them organized and together. Use a soldering iron to desolder the vibration motor wires from the motherboard: Two red wires.
All that is left is to clean off the old flux with some isopropyl alcohol. First pull out the entire circuit board including rumble motors and triggers and set it aside. Put the battery to the side, along with the other half of the controller you just removed.
DualShock controllers give vibration feedback based on the actions occurring on the screen to immerse the player more into the game.
The whole thing should come out relatively easy at this point.
Here is the board after the repair. Next, we'll check out the ElecGear Replacement Analog Joystick. Solder all the contacts to the board.