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Left Slingshot Switch help

By Guzz4851

5 years ago



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    #1 5 years ago

    Having issues with my left slingshot switches on AC/DC.
    Noticed during the game the left sling would stop working. Did the simple stuff, cleaned the switch ends, regapped them but that didn’t work. So I started moving the wires underneath and went into switch test and realized the switch was intermittent. If I slightly bent the tabs of the switch it would register, then move the wires again and it wouldn’t register. So I figured it was some sort of loose/ bad connection. I reflowed all solder on both switches and tabs. It worked great in switch test even when jiggling the wires underneath. I began to play a game and after a little bit of use it stopped working again.
    Is it possible that one of the leaf switches is bad? I wouldn’t think it would just stop working. Any ideas what to try next? Or am I just better off buying two new leaf switches? Thanks.

    #3 5 years ago

    Qtip and alcohol. Could the diode be a problem? It looks ok, but I could try and replace it if that could be the cause...is that possible?

    #5 5 years ago

    Thanks. I’ll try the diode first and if not I’ll be ordering a leaf switch. Thanks much for the help!

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