NES Controllers with stiff buttons

[Ye0ldmario]

I have a couple of NES controllers and the 2 red buttons are really stiff. When hooked up I need to push down really hard to navigate through a game. One of them is so bad it doesn't even register any presses.

Anyway I can get these working again? I unscrewed one and didn't see any gunk or anything like that. But the buttons are still stiff.

[smugle]

Check this site out it give you step by step instruction on how to do it. I could paste it we will have to ask permision from the site and this site. here is the link

http://annahegedus.com/videogames/57-clean-and-fix-an-nes-controller.html

[FABombjoy]

Usually just a quick cleaning of the button contacts w/ rubbing alcohol works for me. Clean the PCB vigorously, and the carbon pads lightly.