Replacement leaf spring contacts

Question

DualSense-laadstation

Laadstation voor de DualSense PS5-controller.

4 Vragen Bekijk alle

Jimmy @james67625

Rep: 49

1

Gepost: 25 mei 2025

Opties

Replacement leaf spring contacts

Has anyone ever been able to find a good replacement for the flimsy leaf spring contacts in this charging dock? It seems like a common issue that the contacts bend and break (I knowingly bought a second hand dock that has a broken pin).

I've been unable to find a replacement I'm confident will fit/work. Googling it returns this Reddit post ``https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/... where someone else was also looking for the part, but was unsuccessful. If any electronics gurus could point me to a part that would be a good fit that would be great. If not, I'll probably blindly buy a few different ones and see if they work.

Beantwoord deze vraag Dit probleem heb ik ook

Is dit een goede vraag?

Ja Nee

Score 0

Voeg een opmerking toe

1 Antwoord

Jimmy @james67625 Rep: 49 1 1 · Answer 1 · 2025-06-05T14:53:37-07:00

Het nuttigste antwoord

Jimmy @james67625

Rep: 49

1

Gepost: 5 jun. 2025

Opties

I could not find any spring contacts with suitable dimensions anywhere. But I did manage to fix my dock by replacing the broken contact with a pogo pin instead. The pogo pin base was a bit too wide for the plastic housing that the springs poke through, so I had to widen the hole a bit with some emery cloth. It's not pretty but it works.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EG8hpQS

SMD type 5mm pogo pins.

They come in blocks of two but I only needed one and didn't want the black plastic housing they come in, so I broke that off with some snips.

I used a hot air rework station to remove the old broken spring and to mount the new pogo pin in its place. Then I used my soldering iron to put some additional solder around the pin and pad to make sure it holds in place.

Was dit antwoord nuttig?

Ja Nee

Score 2

1 Opmerking:

Nice fix, Jimmy. Thanks for sharing your work and information!

5 jun. 2025 door Jerry Wheeler

Voeg een opmerking toe

DualSense-laadstation

Replacement leaf spring contacts

1 Antwoord

Voeg je antwoord toe