PS3 Controller Repair

[PS3 Controller Repair]

After screwing around with the controller for a few hours I now know how it is supposed to go back together. The problem is that there is no humanly possible way to do it. The main issue is that there doesn't appear to be a way to keep the little flex circuit piece from sliding out from between the plastic pad and the hard plastic frame piece when you try to put the button assembly back together. Ideally the little nub on the plastic pad should go through both the flex circuit and the hard plastic frame and hold it together, but in reality when you try this it just comes apart the second you try and force everything back into place. I've pretty much given up all hope of getting this thing back together again.

 

Tempest

It helps to remove the L2/R2 button- pull it straight off the frame that it pivots on and keep the pin/spring in the button. The flexible circuit flap slides into one side of the frame that the L2/R2 button pivots from. The circuit flap pretty much snaps in and stays if you don't pull on it too hard. Place the rubber piece back over the circuit flap and pop the L2/R2 button back in. Place the L2/R2 button/frame/circuit flap assembly into its designated slot, then slide in the L1/R1 button, then slide in the piece that goes in between the 1 and 2 buttons. Put the controller's back cover back on and screw that mother together.