You were the only one who believed in me, 12voltvids. All the other videos said, "just buy a new switch, it's impossible to fix it around the spring." But I watched you, the master, at work. Then I did it.

This video was so helpful!! No one else described how to FIX the switch, only replace the broken one with a new

Want to thank you for this video, my hubby and I are in our mid 70’s and your video explained the procedure so we could understand and make the repairs to our fan! Thank you!

Thank you! I was having a trouble reassembling the switch, just started to think I would have to buy it when I found your video! You just saved me 15 bucks! Thank you!

Thank you so much!! I appreciate your detailed description of what to do. I'm absolutely NOT mechanically inclined so the extra explaining really helped so much. Thank you again!!!

This video was extremely helpful. The ball chain broke off inside the switch and I managed to replace the chain thanks to this video. For anyone that may have trouble getting the chain to retract when pulling on it, there's a piece of spring that sticks out and you must align it with the notch on the underside of the base where the ball chain is attached to.

To anyone who's having trouble. You might need a pair of pliers with a thin tip to strengthen the spring. My spring didn't have enough strength so when I winded it up and pulled it would make a click noise, but wouldn't pull back. What I did was use a pair of pliers to hold one end of the spring and a pair of thin nose pliers on the other end to twist it and give it more strength. After, it was able to pull down and pull back up. You may have to maneuver around the spring a bit, but keep at it. You'll get it. Hope this helps someone.

Great video. I struggled getting my switch apart, slightly different model. But then I noticed that the pull chain only broke off maybe 3/8" inside the opening. I was able to grab it with one of those extender clasps at the end of another chain length. Got lucky and didn't have to reassemble anything.

We just had the same issue come up today. So thankful you made this video and showed us what to do! We don’t have a way to solder but might do it since now we know how to do it.

This video helped me so much. I was so confused about getting the tension of the spring right but there it is plain as day. Thanks, man

Thank you for taking the time to create this. Great guidance and helped me fix my issue!

I tried this a couple months ago. Gave up. Tried again few mins ago, because fan stood powered on. And it’s getting chilly, with my newborn home. I tackled this assignment after seeing your video. Thank you so much, I liked your video and hope your having an amazing life man… you’ve changed many souls. Mines , inspired and accomplished. Thanks to you! Cheers mate!

Dude. You rock. Thanks. I seriously would not had been able to do this without this video.

I was about to give up an order a new switch when I cam across your video. Thanks for saving the day!!!

Single mom here, i fix everything myself , my 5 yr old son tried catching his call off the bed and broke the chain. I was struggling on how to open the zing ear so i could reconnect the chain . This was very helpful, thank you

I have replaced many of theses but never really took one apart . I might try it next time. Thanks for the video

thank you for this amazing video. you helped me save so much time replacing my chains.

This video helped me a lot fixing the ceiling fan chain, which my son broke. Thank you very much!

Yeah man, that spring in there was a real conundrum for me, but thanks to your tutorial I got an idea about how to wind it 1 turn before putting the plate cap back on. Thanks dude! Fan works great again

Thank you for this ckear and easy to follow tutorial video that you made. I managed to change the switch control of my fan. My fan was a bit more difficult to take out but I did it.

I was about to go crazy tensioning that spring. Thanks!!

I am a "fan" of this channel. Cool repair!

Thank goodness 🙏 for KZfaq !!! I fixed mine with the help of this video !!

You saved the day!!! Thanks so much for your tips/lesson. I had gotten ALMOST as far as “winding the chain once around” but could not figure out how to get it to work. Looked on eBay to purchase a $20 piece, then checked KZfaq and found your video. I was laughing as you commented through the sections that were tricky. Instead of soldering the chain back together, I replaced the entire chain. Thanks so much. It’s working!

Thank you so much for this, the detail was super helpful and we managed to fix our fan.

Thank you! This really helped me so the same expect repair. The only issue I have now is that I no long have three settings for my ceiling fan. It only turns on at full power or off.

Thanks for saving things ! It make a big thing in are life . Straight Ahead

Works great ~ Thank you ! My mom broke her chain all the way up inside the fan and was going to replace the fan till i told her i can fix the chain. So my son and i looked for a video and there you were. Wehad a few glitches but finally got it. Only problem is now the fan goes high, medium, low, low, off. Not sure why but ok. Hopefully its ok to run like that. Thanks again

this video helped me greatly last night! thank you sir!

I wanted to smash this switch with a hammer but this video helped me figure out I needed to wind it..got it fixed eventually.thanks

This help thanks... I was able to change my switch with the help of my video.. funny I was about just buy another one but I watched your video and was able to follow alone thanks again

Thanks for the helpful vid - the trick was to keep tension on the chain as you snap the cover back on the switch. Got mine fixed.

Thanks. I was replacing the capacitor. That chain switch came apart while I was replacing wires. I needed help putting it back together.

After much fiddling and swearing I finally got it back together and working. Thanks very much for the video

Finding those fan speed switches isn't always as easy as just going to the hardware store. How they connect those wires with each chain pull varies by fan manufacturer. I learned that the hard way. If you're lucky the diagram is stamped on the switch body if you're not you'll have to buzz it out with your meter manually. Also you can get extension pull chain at the hardware store and cut it to length with a pair of side cutters. It's perfect for repairs like this.

thanks uncle,your video really help me.

Thanks. This was extremely helpful.

Enjoying the recent repair videos :)

I love this video, you are great and patient

Great!! I was able to repair the switch. Thanks!

AWESOME video, I’m in the same boat never having touched one of these switches prior to this evening. My neighbor had taken it apart but couldn’t put it back together. Prior to your video, I went to help her and reassemble the switch and fan, which I did, but after having everything ready to close up I pulled the chain and “click”. Thought I was done, smh, but the chain did not recoil back ??? I messed with it thinking I’m doing something wrong it’s just plain broke. Since I wasn’t the one to disassemble it, I didn’t know there was a spring missing !!! Thanks to your video I do, so after I hit the send button I’m going to grab a spring ‘if she does not have it’ and complete the task. Thanks again.

Thanks for the vid saved me a drive to lowes

Believe me or not. I accidentally break the cord and I'm so afraid my wife will catch me. I tried fixing it but the spring of the switch, the thing that you will w Pull isn't coming back. I'm so frustrated until I saw this video. Now, I already fixed it. Thanks to you sir 🙏

Thanks for the video, it helped a lot. Sadly though, the switch in the ceiling fan didn't come apart. But the replacement was very easy.

I just repaired mine last night. My switch was different and I did not have to wind the spring at all, just had to stack the pieces in there correctly. Luckily I had some extra chain. Nice to fix it to get it working again right away.

Thank you for the video, after replacing the chain I was trying to figure out how to make the spring work again, did not realize to wrap the chain around it. good work! thank you

Very informative, thanks for posting.

Thank you. I did it all by myself.

With this I fixed mine! 5 years of turning on the light and no way to stop the fan cause the chain broke. Thanks!!

big fan of these repairs

When I was about 13 I did a similar repair on our old ceiling fan, on mine all the contacts fell out and when I put them back in, I got them out of order and it became something like Off-Medium-Low-High.

*Easy install, so far Works great **Fastly.Cool** !*

Ty very much. I was able to fix it. Who would have thought there would be a video on this!!!@

Nice work sir!

this video was really helpful thanks a ton

Helped a lot thank you 🙏

You are my hero! Fixing this kind of stuff is what I am about. Of course, it should not have broken in the first place. Low quality.

Thank you very, veeery much, mate! You are a hero!!!!

My mom broke the chain, lucky for me I think yours might be the same exact one our fan has, will update this comment once the repair is done

Great video

Idk if you'll see this comment but YOU THE MANNN!!! With this video it literally took me less than 15 min to get this fixed. Thank youuu!

Thanks so much...worked like a charm. The only issue I had was that once I replaced the black plate, the chain would bind. I finally managed to figure it out. After installing the black plate, I had to come under it and lift it slightly with a small flat blade screwdriver. When I did that, I heard a click and voila! Just like new again. I also watched another video where the guy said that if it binds, you can push down on the center piece holding the spring (after full reassembly) and it will properly align everything for smooth operation. :-)

I had to do this to one of my ceiling fans but I just replaced the switch with a spare one I had lying around. I still have the old one which is seized and I'm going to try and fix it.

Thanks! The key here really is winding it up one turn, but it's doing so BEFORE you put the widget back on the spring.

The taped off extra wires are for the Light assembly.

Excelente + Muchas gracias + desde Argentina, Santiago del Estero +

Thanks a lot Einstein

Great help ty ty!

great job

Thank you!

Gracias me sirvió mucho tu video

I’m frustrated! Can’t seem to pry open the 3 little plastic things on the light blue part 😩

Nice fix

thanks really helpful 🤙🤙👍

I’m having trouble putting the black piece over the held tension

Thanks 😊

Thank You!!!!!!!

Thanks!!!

ok. I had saw what you did. You had mentioned that the spring (if it pops off) you may have a hard time getting it back on. I havent fully finished the video but you had skipped maybe intentionally or unintentionally on how to put the spring back on. I may or may not have a bigger issue here. So I will continue to look onward and hopefully i find some useful information. I will finish the video although showing how to put the spring back on and maybe some other info would have been inclusive with this video. overall it does help significantly, just not in my case.

Spats bear just uploaded a video about a celing fan today. Must be the day for celing fans.

Awesome...

All I need to do is replace the chain. Opening LOOKS simple enough, but it's too small and stiff. Is there a trick to it?

The little post that holds the spring end and all the parts is broke off on mine. So I just opened it up manually put it on the second speed cause it originally broke on slow speed. I normally only run it on second speed the 3rd speed is too fast and to loud for me.

Cool!

I WD-40 mine once in a blue moon & it keeps them working. Done this for over 25 years plus fart fans, motors while hot will keep them running like tops.

good job. I respect how you did it. but I am clumsy person so I would go buy new part..

Those extra wires are for a light I believe that can be fed through the hole that's capped off by a brass nut.

certain clothing department stores use ball chain on their retail tags on certain brands of products

I did the repair but not the fan will not switch off. It changes fan speeds with each chain pull but will not turn off. What did I do wrong?

You seem to know what you were doing. I just did this in my harbor breeze fan. The manufacturer sent me a replacement pole switch assembly. And a new capacitor. I wired it all up. I went from a ceiling fan with a light, to now this fan without a light. I just hooked it up. I got nothing. Any pointers?

Thanks

Character In the video It's great, I like it a lot $$

Hola buenos días. Me gustó mucho el vídeo. Es el único que he encontrado que muestra como se arma el interruptor de cadena. Seguí el tutorial. Pero agradecería si me explica cómo se colocó el resorte. No he podido hacerlo. Agradezco la respuesta

My dad bet that if I find a video on how to repair this particular switch he'd buy me lunch. Thank you good sir for the free lunch(:

I have never ever had a ceiling fan work right after messing with these switches. I usually just get a new fan.

Great video, but😲 😰🤨🧐🤔all you had to do is use the link on the chain that broke off. Remove that piece of chain that broke off and connect the chain thats connected to the unit and the chain thats gonna hang using the link aready attached. Then use another piece of chain to extend the length. You didnt have to take any part apart. My easy fix 😉🤗😘👍🏻

Retensioning the spring is much harder than it looks here. So much so, that I quit and purchased the replacement spring mechanic for $8 instead. If you're looking at that green assembly inside your fan housing, its a "Wire Zing Ear ZE-268S6 Pull Chain Switch control replacement 3 speed control switch."

FOCUS

Yeah no , it’s so hard to get the tension to stay, they don’t make it easy . I’ve been trying for an hour and my string just don’t pull like that .

I tried but I lost the spring,, now I have to buy a new one,,😥