Meta Quest 2 Controller Front Trigger Replacement

Use your fingers to slide the battery cover down towards the strap end of the controller.

Remove the battery cover.

Use your fingers to grasp the wrist strap near the anchor peg.

Lift the wrist strap anchor peg straight out of its recess.

Remove the wrist strap.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the bottom edge of the controller faceplate for a minute.

The controller faceplate is secured with adhesive and three friction pegs.

Press the edge of an opening tool into the seam between the controller faceplate and shell, near the Oculus button.

Slide the opening tool to the base of the ring shell to loosen the adhesive.

Use an opening tool to pry up on the seam to loosen the first friction peg.

Continue prying around the entire faceplate to separate the remaining friction pegs and adhesive.

Remove the controller faceplate.

Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four screws securing the controller ring shell to the controller:

Two 4.7 mm‑long screws

Two 5.9 mm‑long screws

Press the point of a spudger firmly against the white alignment square to release the ring shell.

Use your fingers to grab the end of the ring shell that doesn’t have the white alignment square.

Gently lift the ring shell up and away from the controller to unclip it from the controller.

Remove the controller ring shell.

Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the five screws:

One 11.5 mm‑long screw

Three 5.9 mm‑long screws

One 18.2 mm‑long screw

Use tweezers and your fingers to peel the battery information label out from the battery compartment.

Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four 5.9 mm‑long screws securing the side shell to the controller:

Three screws inside the battery compartment

One screw near the corner of the battery compartment

Pull the bottom of the side shell slightly away from the controller to loosen the shell.

Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap between the controller ring and the front shell.

Twist the spudger to widen the gap between the front shell and the controller.

Position the spudger so that it can stay in place without you holding the tool.

Guide the looped part of the side shell through the screw post gap.

Remove the side shell.

Spread the screw post wide enough to loop the side shell back around it.

Be careful not to pinch the antenna cable or the tracking flex cable as you reposition the side shell.

Use a spudger or an opening pick to gently pry the shell from the battery compartment side first.

Once it pops open, turn the controller over to remove the front shell.

Grasp the front shell near the bottom of the controller.

Lift and pull the bottom edge of the front shell outwards slightly to clear the plastic alignment peg.

Pull the front shell away from the controller and remove it.

Use a driver bit (such as the Torx T5) or the point of a spudger to push the front trigger pin out from the side shown. Pushing from the opposite side can cause the pin to rip the sensor cable.

Hold the front trigger with your finger to prevent the trigger from flying out.

Use tweezers or your fingers to pull the trigger pin out.

Remove the front trigger.