DulaShock 4 CUH-ZCT2 Potentiometer(s) Replacement

ID: 168194

Description: When using a joystick, it moves two brackets...

Steps:

  1. Grab you're DualShock 4 Controller that has joystick problems.
  2. Using the Phillips #00 Screwdriver, remove the four 6.0 mm screws securing the rear cover to the controller.
  3. Careful loosening the screws! Using the wrong sized screwdriver or letting the screwdriver slip can permanently damage the screw heads, making removal difficult.
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  4. Pinch the handle of the controller to introduce an opening.
  5. Wedge the opening pick tool into the opening then slide it to any direction.
  6. Make sure to do this on every side of the controller that you see has a line you can open. Use opening tool if too difficult to open.
  7. Open the casing.
  8. Do not open the casing forcefully as there is a white strip connected to the motherboard. Be gentle when opening the casing!
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  9. After carefully opening the casing, notice the white strip connected to the motherboard.
  10. Grab the white strip by the blue end and carefully remove it.
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  11. After removing the first half of the casing, you will be able to see the battery.
  12. Disconnect the battery from the motherboard via the white connector.
  13. Remove the battery.
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  14. Remove the battery case by simply pulling it out.
  15. In other models, the screwdriver will be holding down the battery case.
  16. Do not pull out the battery case if it is being held down by a screw. First remove the screw then pull out the battery case.
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  17. Using the same Phillips #00 Screwdriver, remove the 6.0 mm screw securing the motherboard and the other half of the controller case.
  18. After this step, do not try to remove the motherboard yet. I will cover this in the next step.
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  19. Notice the strip connected to the top of the motherboard. Disconnect it using your own fingers.
  20. Separate the other half of the controller casing from the motherboard.
  21. Before separating the casing from the motherboard, make sure the same strip that was connected to the top of the motherboard comes out through the hole it comes from.
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  22. You will be focusing on the part with the motherboard.
  23. Remove the thumbstick from the joystick that is malfunctioning. If both joysticks are malfunctioning then remove both thumbsticks.
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  24. Using the Opening Tool, pry open the case containing the damaged potentiometer.
  25. The top case allows the analog stick to move left and right. The left case allows the analog stick to move up and down. I suggest removing all of them to ensure that everything will work.
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  26. Using Tweezers, remove the damaged potentiometer(s) located inside the case you opened from the last step.
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  27. Grab your Potentiometer Replacement
  28. Using Tweezers, place the potentiometer replacement into the case.
  29. Place the potentiometer replacement in a position where the two dots at the bottom of it is placed at bottom of the case.
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  30. Make sure the hole of the potentiometer replacement aligns with the follower (in this first image, it is the orange plastic sticking out).
  31. After everything is secure, close the case containing the potentiometer replacement.
  32. Make sure you hear a click and that the case does not open after closing it. This is to ensure that the potentiometer does not fall out.
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