repaired broken speaker switch
The speaker switch was bent and one of the spine tangs broke off in my straightening attempt. Finding a switch might be costly and difficult to solder in, (did it once and don’t want to again).
With a spare Selector switch shaft, (about 6 “ long), I just chucked up the aluminum selector switch shaft in my Milwaukee drill, secured the drill in a vise and cut in the missing retaining grove ring with a fine pitch hacksaw blade and then filed in the flats and cut off the excess length.
Then new shaft gets re-staked and assembled into the Speaker switch, no soldering at all. Photo shows It's ready for finish clean/lube and secure in unit, should be perfect.
The top shaft in the photo shows the retaining ring covering the new cut in groove, (ring in place but not pressed in), should have taken a better picture of the machined in grove but was more concerned about losing the retaining ring.
Seriously tho, it'll be awesome when you're done! Curious to see how it turns out -- best of luck!
