Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Triggers Replacement Repair Guide

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Time Required

                          15 - 40 minutes

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Battery
1 step
Rear Case
5 steps
Vibration Motors
2 steps
Logic Board
1 step
Triggers
4 steps

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Introduction

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Step 1

              Battery

Depress the battery release button on the top of the controller.
Remove the battery holder from the controller.
The standard option for Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers Battery Packs is AA batteries. A rechargeable battery is also available, but both battery options are removed from the controller in the same way.

Depress the battery release button on the top of the controller.

Remove the battery holder from the controller.

The standard option for Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers Battery Packs is AA batteries. A rechargeable battery is also available, but both battery options are removed from the controller in the same way.

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Step 2

              Rear Case

Use a pair of tweezers to peel the barcode sticker from the battery compartment.

Use a pair of tweezers to peel the barcode sticker from the battery compartment.

Step 3

Remove the seven 9.3 mm T8 Security Torx screws securing the rear case to the front case.

Remove the seven 9.3 mm T8 Security Torx screws securing the rear case to the front case.

Step 4

Insert a Spudger between the front and rear cases along the left edge of the controller.
Rotate the spudger toward the front of the controller, prying the two cases apart.

Insert a Spudger between the front and rear cases along the left edge of the controller.

Rotate the spudger toward the front of the controller, prying the two cases apart.

Step 5

Insert a spudger between the front and rear cases, near the headphone jack.
Rotate the spudger toward the front of the controller to pry the two cases apart.

Insert a spudger between the front and rear cases, near the headphone jack.

Rotate the spudger toward the front of the controller to pry the two cases apart.

Step 6

Grasp the controller by the battery compartment and the headphone jack.
Lift the battery compartment away from the headphone jack, separating the rear case from the front case and logic board.
The battery contact springs are held in place by slots in the battery housing in the rear case. Be sure to realign them properly during reassembly.

Grasp the controller by the battery compartment and the headphone jack.

Lift the battery compartment away from the headphone jack, separating the rear case from the front case and logic board.

The battery contact springs are held in place by slots in the battery housing in the rear case. Be sure to realign them properly during reassembly.

Step 7

              Vibration Motors

Use the flat end of a spudger to remove the vibration motor cable, moving it upward from its socket on the logic board.
Lift the vibration motor out of the front case.

Use the flat end of a spudger to remove the vibration motor cable, moving it upward from its socket on the logic board.

Lift the vibration motor out of the front case.

Step 8

Remove the vibration motor from the other side of the controller using the same method previously described.
The left motor has significantly more counterweight than the right motor.

Remove the vibration motor from the other side of the controller using the same method previously described.

The left motor has significantly more counterweight than the right motor.

Step 9

              Logic Board

Lifting from the headphone jack and power plug, remove the logic board from the front case.

Lifting from the headphone jack and power plug, remove the logic board from the front case.

Step 10

              Triggers

Using your thumb and forefinger, push the left trigger toward the right side of the controller. Simultaneously push the trigger control arm in the opposite direction.
The trigger has a peg that fits into a slot in the trigger arm. Be sure to push far enough so that the peg clears the slot.
Push the trigger arm downward.

Using your thumb and forefinger, push the left trigger toward the right side of the controller. Simultaneously push the trigger control arm in the opposite direction.

The trigger has a peg that fits into a slot in the trigger arm. Be sure to push far enough so that the peg clears the slot.

Push the trigger arm downward.

Step 11

Insert the edge of a spudger in between the trigger and the trigger assembly near the left edge. Pry the housing away from the catch on the trigger.
Using the previously described technique, pry the housing on the right edge away from the trigger.
Rotate the trigger away from the logic board, past its housing.

Insert the edge of a spudger in between the trigger and the trigger assembly near the left edge. Pry the housing away from the catch on the trigger.

Using the previously described technique, pry the housing on the right edge away from the trigger.

Rotate the trigger away from the logic board, past its housing.

Step 12

Using a spudger, pry the trigger spring off its peg on the trigger housing.
Pull the trigger spring out of the trigger.

Using a spudger, pry the trigger spring off its peg on the trigger housing.

Pull the trigger spring out of the trigger.

Step 13

Slide the trigger toward the right side of the logic board, and rotate it clockwise.
Remove the right trigger from the logic board.
To remove the left trigger from the logic board, follow the procedure previously described for the right trigger.

Slide the trigger toward the right side of the logic board, and rotate it clockwise.

Remove the right trigger from the logic board.

To remove the left trigger from the logic board, follow the procedure previously described for the right trigger.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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asgharzafar4 - Sep 25, 2013

whats the name of that little “black box” connected with “long white piece” in trigger mechanism.. my left trigger is not working, mechanism is perfectly all right but still no action is being performed on pressing that trigger… right one is working fine.. plz reply that part name, can i fix if that part is the culprit?

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iorigrif - Mar 15, 2016

use a small tag of double sided tape to hold the counterweights in when you rebuild or its nearly impossible to tip up the two halfs of the controller to fit them together. With the counterweight just slightly stuck into place with a tiny tag of double sided tape you can tip that half of the controller upside down to fit on top of the other half. Still awkward but do-able. Almost impossible otherwise.

Michael Francis - Jun 28, 2016

If i leave out the vibrations things will it cause the problems tonthe board ??

Arthur Murray Doan - Jul 1, 2018

These instructions were given in proper order and understanding

Rathori - May 22, 2022

IMO this could have benefited from some instructions on how to get the triggers back on, cause it was quite a challenge.

The way I managed to do it, is you’ve got to reverse both step 11 and step 10 in one go, otherwise it would be impossible to get the trigger peg into the white arm (at least I couldn’t figure out a way to do it): before reversing step 11, hold the white arm up and to same side you pushed it in the step 10, and then once you click it back into place, the peg would also go into the slot in the arm. For me it was easier to do for LT than RT - the latter too a few tries, so I would recommend doing LT first and then RT.

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