I experience the original DC controller as rather sturdy, but the rubber pad below the D-pad is torn on most of the controllers I bought. Although I know new controllers are pretty cheap, it would be nice to find a replacement for these pads. Anyone know a good site with high quality replacements? ($14 at ALiexpress does not seems worth it).
I actually tried putting a pad from a PS2 Dual shock controller there, it almost fits, but is not 100% reliable.
Another option would be to repair the pads with some sort of rubber compound, but in my experience it gets rather messy, and it is difficult finding a suitable compound that fills and holds the pad together.
Controller d-pad rubber replacements?
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Re: Controller d-pad rubber replacements?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Si ... SwqrVcgE2H this is the best i found. there was another one on ali express but i dont think id trust it based on how shitty the website looked. but if you wanna see for yourself https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32379230051.html i couldnt find anything new so the ones ur buying are just taken out of broken DC controllers.
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Re: Controller d-pad rubber replacements?
The more I look at those 3 images, the more confused I get.
I'm guessing the PS2 silicone pads are interchangeable with the Dreamcast ? As long as you replace that yellow DC specific piece?

I'm guessing the PS2 silicone pads are interchangeable with the Dreamcast ? As long as you replace that yellow DC specific piece?
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Re: Controller d-pad rubber replacements?
Open your original Dreamcast Control it will have this yellow piece but you cannot use it on the ps2 rubbers. I had to cut the center of the damaged rubber to use the yellow piece and fit it on the ps2 rubber.peejallegiance wrote:The more I look at those 3 images, the more confused I get.![]()
I'm guessing the PS2 silicone pads are interchangeable with the Dreamcast ? As long as you replace that yellow DC specific piece?
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Re: Controller d-pad rubber replacements?
I'm interested in your dreamcast controller repair which made use of ps2 rubbers,But it seems that youtube video have been deleted.aldair wrote:Open your original Dreamcast Control it will have this yellow piece but you cannot use it on the ps2 rubbers. I had to cut the center of the damaged rubber to use the yellow piece and fit it on the ps2 rubber.peejallegiance wrote:The more I look at those 3 images, the more confused I get.![]()
I'm guessing the PS2 silicone pads are interchangeable with the Dreamcast ? As long as you replace that yellow DC specific piece?
Is there any chance to upload youtube video once again?
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