2012 pickup selector switch

[SteveT2]

Mine keeps acting up. I'd like to just replace it. Is there a noiseless version out there ? Thank you

[capmaster]

Mine keeps acting up. I'd like to just replace it. Is there a noiseless version out there ? Thank you

"Noiseless" in which respect - electrically or mechanically?

[SteveT2]

"Noiseless" in which respect - electrically or mechanically?

 

Mechanically

[capmaster]

Mechanically

In the past I had to deal with rattling toggle switches of either straight and angled builds. I always got it sorted using contact cleaner that also seems to help damping vibrations, and most important varying the mounting position a tad. All of them were quiet in the end.

 

I never replaced a toggle switch. The oldest one in my 1978 S-G Standard once called for a contact cleaning years ago. I carefully pulled coffee filter cut into strips and soaked with contact cleaner through the closed contact latches. Works since years after that.

 

Finally I now always leave the switches in the middle position when not playing. This seems to prevent contact fatigue as well as corrosion and collecting dust.

 

Hope this helps.

[SteveT2]

In the past I had to deal with rattling toggle switches of either straight and angled builds. I always got it sorted using contact cleaner that also seems to help damping vibrations, and most important varying the mounting position a tad. All of them were quiet in the end.

 

I never replaced a toggle switch. The oldest one in my 1978 S-G Standard once called for a contact cleaning years ago. I carefully pulled coffee filter cut into strips and soaked with contact cleaner through the closed contact latches. Works since years after that.

 

Finally I now always leave the switches in the middle position when not playing. This seems to prevent contact fatigue as well as corrosion and collecting dust.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Now I remember what the other thing I was going to look for in Loews...Deoxit