I just fixed my 100th broken Nintendo Switch joy-con drift issue this year. I used to think it was a simple cleaning job.

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Honestly, after the first few times I just bought a big pack of replacement sticks. Tbh it's faster to swap the whole module than try to clean it.

kaigibson2mo ago

Wait, is it really that bad? I've had drift before but it usually goes away if I just blow in there.

wendy8201mo ago

My launch Switch drifted after like 6 months and I just blew in it too... worked fine for another year before it started again. I dunno if it's really that big of a deal if you catch it early @kim_ramirez3. Most of the time it's just dust or a little lint in there, not a dead module.

kim_ramirez32mo ago

It's always the joystick module, gotta replace it.