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Use this guide to replace the top housing on your Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2.
The top housing may need to be replaced if it's cracked, or you may be installing a new, customized one. The top housing is sometimes called a faceplate or top shell.
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Use your fingers to remove the thumbstick toppers.
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Use your fingers to remove the D-pad cover.
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13 tight plastic clips
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Several strips of adhesive tape
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Insert an opening tool between the left bumper and the top housing.
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Pry up the top housing to release the top left clip.
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Insert an opening tool into the seam between the two housings on the controller’s left edge.
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Slide the opening tool along the left edge and pry up intermittently to release the plastic clips.
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Insert your opening tool into the seam between the two housings on the inner left edge.
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Slide the opening tool along the bottom edge and pry up intermittently to release the plastic clips.
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Insert your opening tool into the seam between the two housings on the controller’s right edge.
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Slide the opening tool along the right edge and pry up intermittently to release the plastic clips.
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Insert your opening tool between the right bumper and the top housing.
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Pry up the top housing to release the remaining plastic clips.
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Remove the top housing.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our Answers community for troubleshooting help.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our Answers community for troubleshooting help.
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