3-way toggle switch gone slack

[greekdude]

Hello,

my ibby's 3-way toggle switch, shown here :

has developed a slack behavior. This morning it wouldn't stay in the neck position, it would just flip to the middle position. Same thing but less intense with the bridge position. It seems it has a tendency to move and stay in the middle position.

I inspected this and saw a screw not shown above but can be seen here :

on the top of the threaded part.

I guess i might give it a try with trying to tweak around this miniature screw?

 

[kramersteen]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

I think that screw will just take the entire center out no adjust the switch action? Just replace the switch man.

 

[greekdude]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

Its not even 2 years old ******! It can't be that bad!
anyway, if it just poses a counter force to the springs and thus help the switch sit in its position? i'll see.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

Its not even 2 years old ******! It can't be that bad!
anyway, if it just poses a counter force to the springs and thus help the switch sit in its position? i'll see.

Maybe flick it back and forth as fast as you can over a minute. :lmao:

 

[CTN]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

cheap switches will fail.

spend a few bucks and get a switchcraft toggle and you'll be set for years.

 

[greekdude]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

Maybe flick it back and forth as fast as you can over a minute. :lmao:

that's what i've been doing for the last 2 years man!

 

[greekdude]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

cheap switches will fail.

spend a few bucks and get a switchcraft toggle and you'll be set for years.

thanx,
i was just hoping to take a long break from the soldering iron after the many sleepless nights i had with the strat

 

[CTN]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

lol. if you're morbidly curious, you could open up the casing and see if you can find anything wrong with the switch, either a worn out actuator or a busted spring or something like that. Not entirely sure how you could go about fixing those though, unless you have some potential replacement bits on hand.

 

[BrianS.]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

I'm not a fan of those enclosed toggles they put in import guitars, but I am curious if that screw is some kind of tension adjustment. Please let us know if you mess around with it and what happens.

 

[blueman335]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

Just replace the switch man.

+1. Those 'mystery box' toggles are cheap and always seem to wear out prematurely. Not worth screwing around with. I get my replacement toggles from StewMac and have never had a problem with them. They're the standard prong type, which are far more reliable than the box kind.

 

[greekdude]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

I'm not a fan of those enclosed toggles they put in import guitars, but I am curious if that screw is some kind of tension adjustment. Please let us know if you mess around with it and what happens.

i'll report right away when i get home, already got a miniature screwdriver set (for a price higher than the switch i guess!)

 

[greekdude]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

just tried to tighten this, but it didnt seem to have any effect really as far as tightening is concerned. But to be frank my vision has started to suffer as of late. Any way it has gotten better for some reason. Thanx to all.!

 

[AlexR]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

I'm surprised you got 2 years out of it. Most fail quite quickly.

 

[greekdude]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

I'm surprised you got 2 years out of it. Most fail quite quickly.

aha, thanx, i already ordered a decent open-type switch, due to arrive till end of month.

Just a side question : the pups in place are the stock EMG 81/60 with the old traditional soldering way, should i pay any special attention to the switch ? This is a one tone one vol guitar, so the output of the switch drives the pots, and therefore serves as grounding for the pups as well.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

The metal thing protruding from the threaded section of the switch is one end of the axis about which the toggle moves. There should be two ends visible, each protruding enough to grip but not far enough to obstruct the washer and hex nut.

The bald truth is that those MIK "box" switches are not tough enough for their intended purpose.

 

[greekdude]

Re: 3-way toggle switch gone slack

The metal thing protruding from the threaded section of the switch is one end of the axis about which the toggle moves. There should be two ends visible, each protruding enough to grip but not far enough to obstruct the washer and hex nut.

The bald truth is that those MIK "box" switches are not tough enough for their intended purpose.

thanx.