Introduction
Is your 3DS not responding correctly to your Circle Pad inputs? Replace the bottom joystick mechanism and get moving again.
Tools
Parts
-
-
Grab the top edge of the back cover with your opposite hand so that the cover does not fall back into place.
-
Pull the back cover up and away from the rest of the device to remove it.
-
-
-
Insert a plastic opening tool into the notch in the lower case above the battery.
-
Pry the battery up with the plastic opening tool.
-
Grab the top edge of the battery and lift it out of the lower case.
-
-
-
Remove the nine 6.3 mm black Phillips screws from the lower case.
-
Remove the 2.4 mm silver Phillips screw above the game cartridge slot.
-
-
-
Lift the bottom edge of the lower case off the rest of the 3DS.
-
Use a plastic opening tool to pry the shoulder button ribbon cables off their sockets on the motherboard.
-
Remove the lower case from the device.
-
-
-
Remove the two 7.7 mm Phillips screws securing the back of the Circle Pad to the motherboard.
-
-
-
Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the back of the Circle Pad off the motherboard.
-
Lift the Circle Pad joystick off the motherboard and lay it on its back so that the ribbon cable connector is accessible.
-
-
-
Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the Circle Pad ribbon cable ZIF socket.
-
Lift the Circle Pad joystick off the motherboard.
-
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
#00 screwdriver is too big... probably need a #000
thomascroguennec -
#00 will work - but you must press down firmly and sort of jerk the screw out a few degrees at a time. If you don't press firmly, the screws strip very easily. Using #000 will strip the screws more easily.
Tai -
I used a #0 without any issues and 0 stripped. I used the #0 for all screws internally and externally. The head was sharp and I applied adequate amounts of pressure when loosening the screw.
Ben Kevan -