Now that we’ve taken apart your controller in our first part on how to take apart an Xbox 360 Controller, now it’s time to show you how to put that sucker back together again.

Once again, all you will need to piece back your controller is just your hands and our special controller opening tool. So here it goes:

Step 1

The first key step to this is to hover the controller board over top of the face piece of the controller shell. Make sure that the grey soft plastic piece is securely over the AXBY buttons, the start and back buttons, and the Xbox center button.

Now drop both rumble motors into their respective slots in the controller shell. If you followed my dis-assembly instructions, you should NOT have disconnected the rumblers from the controller board. This is both unnecessary and a pain in the azz to put back.

Step 2

Now what you need to do is drop the controller board into the front shell of your 360 controller. You may need to wiggle the thumbsticks around a little bit for them to drop into their slots but other than that, it’s pretty easy.

What I like to do in this step is use my thumbs to gently push down on the back of the controller circuit board with my thumbs while maneuvering the joysticks through their holes with my index fingers. You should feel the thumb sticks drop into their slots.

One really important part of this step is to make sure that the little white tab that connects to your controller’s sync button lays above the board. Test this by hitting the sync button while the board is in place. You should hear it clicking each time you press down. If you don’t do this, you won’t be able to sync your controller ever again because the button to do so will be jammed.

Step 3

Now that you’ve got the board in and everything is looking legit, you’re ready to put the back shell of the controller on top. The first thing that you should do is to slide the battery prongs into their respective slots on the back shell. Make sure these are aligned right and then continue to attach the back of the controller to the front faceplate.

Make sure to hold down the right and left triggers as you slip the back piece on. After you’ve cleared the triggers, simply snap the shell into the front piece of the controller. It should fit flush around all the edges.

Now you can start screwing those special torx screws back into the controller. I like to start with the battery area screw and then go and screw the rest in going from each side. For instance, 1. battery screw, 2. left center side, 3. right center side, etc.

Well, that’s basically it. Make sure everything is fitting right and all the buttons are pushing down properly and you should be set.

Thanks for reading and keep modding! Do you have any tips or techniques you like to use? Please feel free to comment and share!

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