Suitable Conductive / Contact Rubber Pad replacement on the hori fighting commander pro 3 dpad

Moonchilde · February 20, 2014, 10:27am

And if you don’t have the right parts, if you’re willing to modify how it functions to get it working again with different parts.

ashstampede · February 20, 2014, 3:11pm

LOL, this is exactly ON topic.

Sal_The_TIller · February 20, 2014, 3:48pm

Not sure if I misread your question, but if the contact material is what’s breaking down (not the whole membrane) then you can repair it with something like http://www.sciplus.com/p/KEYPAD-FIX_45985 , or maybe some conductive paint.

I’m not sure whether I should laugh or cry.

ashstampede · February 21, 2014, 4:38pm

is that stuff just used to make the signal contact? That isn’t the problem (should take a picture). what breaks is the rubber that connects the conductive pad to the main membrane.

Moonchilde · February 22, 2014, 5:57am

There is a dirty joke in here somewhere.

Darksakul · February 22, 2014, 9:55am

I can’t help it.

Moonchilde · February 23, 2014, 6:36am

Everytime my rubber breaks when I’m slamming those contact pads I freak out. Why? Because I know it’s time to abort!

justthis · March 25, 2014, 4:09am

Tarek:

Eagle Advanced Strats and Tactics

I need help finding a suitable replacement membrane or if someone has ‘leftovers’ from padhacking this pad to an arcade stick etc.

I think nintendo ds/3ds conductive pad might be a suitable replacement but none seem to be the right shapes as i’ve been browsing ebay for sellers that sell ds,360 pad replacement parts.

I already asked hori support, stated they don’t sell the parts etc.

The HFC3P is my favourite controller and after using it for so long i can’t go back to using any other pad. The only problem with it is that they have a cheap rubber membrane which breaks after roughly 8 months. However I’ve managed to fix this problem by making my own rubber membrane using xbox 360 parts i bought off ebay. I’ve tried using nintendo and ps3 rubber parts but the metal conductor on those are too small and don’t register the inputs properly so the xbox 360 works best.
You will need the following items: Scissors, super glue and an xbox 360 rubber d pad.
The rubber membrane on the xbox 360 is larger then the HFC3P. So all you have to do is use the rubber membrane on the HFC3P as a guide and cut the xbox 360 rubber membrane into 4 parts and start trimming away until you position the buttons evenly and make it match the HFC3P.
Once the size is the same then what you need to do is glue it all together and wait for it to dry.
After its dried make sure the buttons match the rubber membrane on the HFC3P and then trim the edge so it fits in the controller and it should work fine. I’ve been using mine for the past month and its been working perfectly and it only cost me $5 to fix.

Hope I’ve helped

Peace

Just what I was looking for!
By any chance you have pics on the process?
I have a few HORIFC3PRO with a dead DPAD and I want to fix it!!

Darksakul · March 25, 2014, 4:31am

@justthis‌

If Tarek didn’t post pics by now, chances are he not going too.

justthis · March 25, 2014, 6:27am

I guess i’ll wait for 8 months till his dpad runs out and he works on the other dpad

ashstampede · March 25, 2014, 1:17pm

maybe not as long as 8 months, i have pics of the ‘fix’ on my phone… I am gonna try microswitches and was going to update the the 1st post with both alternatives after it was all said and done.

justthis · March 26, 2014, 2:25am

Sweet!! I’ll wait for it. Thanks!!

Tarek · April 2, 2014, 8:33am

justthis:

Tarek:

Eagle Advanced Strats and Tactics

I need help finding a suitable replacement membrane or if someone has ‘leftovers’ from padhacking this pad to an arcade stick etc.

I think nintendo ds/3ds conductive pad might be a suitable replacement but none seem to be the right shapes as i’ve been browsing ebay for sellers that sell ds,360 pad replacement parts.

I already asked hori support, stated they don’t sell the parts etc.

The HFC3P is my favourite controller and after using it for so long i can’t go back to using any other pad. The only problem with it is that they have a cheap rubber membrane which breaks after roughly 8 months. However I’ve managed to fix this problem by making my own rubber membrane using xbox 360 parts i bought off ebay. I’ve tried using nintendo and ps3 rubber parts but the metal conductor on those are too small and don’t register the inputs properly so the xbox 360 works best.
You will need the following items: Scissors, super glue and an xbox 360 rubber d pad.
The rubber membrane on the xbox 360 is larger then the HFC3P. So all you have to do is use the rubber membrane on the HFC3P as a guide and cut the xbox 360 rubber membrane into 4 parts and start trimming away until you position the buttons evenly and make it match the HFC3P.
Once the size is the same then what you need to do is glue it all together and wait for it to dry.
After its dried make sure the buttons match the rubber membrane on the HFC3P and then trim the edge so it fits in the controller and it should work fine. I’ve been using mine for the past month and its been working perfectly and it only cost me $5 to fix.

Hope I’ve helped

Peace

Just what I was looking for!
By any chance you have pics on the process?
I have a few HORIFC3PRO with a dead DPAD and I want to fix it!!

Sorry for the late reply.

Unfortunately i don’t have any piks and don’t have any other controllers to make another, but it’s honestly pretty straight forward. Just use the rubber membrane on your HFC3P as a guide and cut and trim the xbox 360 rubber d pad to make it match. Once you have the correct size just glue it all together and then trim the edge of it to make it fit the controller.
If you do this correctly it should work just fine. I use my controller nearly every day and the dpad is still very responsive and working perfectly.

Hope I’ve helped

Peace

ashstampede · April 23, 2014, 1:59pm

Installing the tact switches as a replacement has been more of an art than a science. I really wasn’t in a rush to complete it as i haven’t been playing anything recently. I played a long set with the tact switches last night, its very stiff but super small travel for making contact. I was playing AE and was having trouble with the quarter circle motions when needing to hit that in a pinch. I can adjust the feel by trimming the plastic points that make contact but not sure if i want to yet. Ultimately i have to play a long set in tekken with this mod as that’s my main game.

So if anyone goes the tact switch router plan to adjust multiple times.

Edit: first post edited with dpad replacement summary and pics.