Fixed 3 way selector knob on fridge-freezer which sheared yesterday when moving from AC to DC.
I contemplated a temporary fix of swapping temperature knob (which we don't move) while waiting for back order from Leisure Direct at a not desperately unreasonable £23 delivered in a couple of weeks.
However the knobs are different lengths and the indicator orientation is different so I decided on a repair.
The original sheared at a design fault where the shaft is turned down to allow fitting of a spring band - this halves the material available to carry load.
I found the the whole shaft has a D slot for the selector switch rod so all I had to do was cut the shaft and insert a spacer to return to original length.
For some reason the shaft is gently taper so a metal tube wouldn't be much good - after a bit of head scratching I settled on 15mm water pipe which was about right id at shft middle.
A bit of settling and realignment later it's all sorted.


