Roger Lee Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 If people say they can't hear you maybe it's not really the switch! Ok, so your PTT switch on top of the stick seems intermittent. These have cycle lives. The original on ours is 10K-15K cycle life. When it starts to wear out it may become intermittent. For about $10 you can replace it with a switch that has a cycle life of 25K cycles. To change it out you will need to remove the leather grip cover. This is easy. Under the bottom edge of the leather grip it is just tucked under. Use a small screwdriver and pull out the edges. Then just roll up the leather cover over the top of the grip. The switch has two wires soldered. First set your new switch in the hole in the handle and make sure it fits. If it is slightly too big , no problem, just open it up slightly with a Dremel tool. Once you know it fits then remove the old switch and re-solder the new on in place. Make sure you placed the switch through the top of the leather first and put the locking nut on. Then just slide the leather cover back down in place. Take your small screwdriver and tuck the bottom edges back up into the bottom of the handle. Your done. Hope this helps the people that say no one ever listens to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnet Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 I listen to you Roger, I'll just make fewer transmits to make my PTT last longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted July 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Buttons are cheap and easy to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony & Rose Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 No solder on ours -- Screw connections.... Same for the replacement from FD Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted July 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Hi Tony, Mine had screws, but the wire was soldered to the connector the screw went through. The new switch wasn't the same connection so I clipped them off and just soldered them on. p.s. You and Rose need to get a Pistachio sitter so you can come to the Page Fly-In. We always miss you guys. Say Hi to Rose for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Any suggestions on a particular replacement switch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Mine started to get flakey too. Roger sent me a link from aircraft spruce, but i couldn't confirm the diameter. I found the original european switch from RAFI. They were only about 8.50 each, with 20 dollar shipping. The Euro distrib wont have them here for a few weeks. As mentioned, the R/R is a piece of cake. I'll edit this post with links, when i find them. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted April 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Here you go, life 25K cycles. Model P1. Get the threaded bezel. Then it can be secured to the leather grip. In the 2011-2012 Aircraft spruce book page 516. Very easy to install. The grip is tucked under on the bottom edge. Pull it out and slide the leather grip off. Remove the old switch and put the new switch in place. Slide the leather grip back in place and tuck the bottom edges back up under the handle. http://www.aircrafts...p1momswitch.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Here's the info I found on the original (at least on mine) switch... Tim RAFI_1.10.102.001-0301.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanik Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Looking for switches is very much a needle-in-haystack experience. The Spruce one is different. Here is the original switch, since RAFI was bought out by C&K http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/1.10001.0010301/1.10001.0010301-ND/597777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 The Spruce one works fine. I have installed 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
207WF Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Mine looks like the one Chanik found. FD sent me the RAFI one, but it is too long to fit the hole in my stick (2007 SW). We went back and forth several times on this. Thanks for the help! WF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 On my 2006 CTsw, this is how it went... Got replacement RAFI switch, which came before the Aircraft Spruce switch (screw-up caused delay... I eventually cancelled that order) Opened the leather boot at the bottom of the stick (velcro), so it's possible to see the wires coming out of the bottom of the stick. Pulled out old switch... just a press-fit... pull carefully, as you want to make sure there is enough play in the wires to let the switch come out the top. Switch is out... anchored wires with hemostat, so they don't fall back into hole... Loosended the two screws and pulled the old switch off... New switch in place, screws tightened, ready to go back into the hole... 5 minute job. Note: The old RAFI switch had the thing that separates the two connectors, trimmed to a point (note pics 2&3). The new, replacement, switch did not have it trimmed. This MAY account for why Wayne's new switch did not fit into the whole. My replacement fit OK. I also ordered the switch from Digi-Key (Chanik's link). It came in a day after The job was done.... but it looks just like my replacement switch, but is about 1 inch shorter. tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
207WF Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Just got my new ptts in, and just in time as the pilot side went intermittent on the flight up to have it done. Sure sounds better now! 750 hours on the originals. WF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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