Hey Chris, Thank you for posting this! Because of you I was able to fix a elite 2 controller I bought for a good price to fix. I had given up because there were some components missing but because you found out it wasn't a necessary component I just put in New sticks and tried it and voila it works again. Now I need a new battery because the one that is in there is swollen. Anyways thanks for all your hard work it has really helped me with my controller :)