Broken switch
That is correct, the flat plastic rod that pulls when you depress the
on/off button is attached to a switch lever under the bottom of the
handle. The rod in mine broke off right where it connects to that
switch lever. You can either try and find the new or used part, Braun
may have new, I have not tried their 800 number, can't hurt? I fix
everything from scratch though and rebuild when I can especially if
parts are scarce or obsolete. So I used some marine putty to affix the
rod end back to the lever. Marine putty is a stick with two putties you
roll together for a rock hard compound, awesome stuff. You can get at
Wally World or hardware, auto parts, boat supply stores. I also drilled
very small holes in the broken rod on each side and the lever on each
side and threaded some thin stainless steel wire through, just looped
it around without twisting it togethor before putting the putty over it
for a permanent, wire reinforced, fix.The handle is not screwed on
exception of one little torx screw at very bottom of handle on base.
The handle just snaps together. The base or bottom and 3 screws do not
need to be removed either for this rod and lever fix. Remove the top
'cover' piece of the handle first, then remove the two brass pins
under it at top next to the on/off button second. So, the handle
'snaps' off with a lock blade knife or equivalent, get under the handle
pieces with knife edge and twist the blade, it will pop off as you go,
be prepared to break a few little hook pieces off underneath, they
break but it seems to snap back on ok anyway. Crazy glue alone won't
hold these plastic pieces together btw, try another way, wire and
putty, maybe a plastic welding kit etc.. Mine works great again, once I
got the lever reattached to the rod.
There's a bigger leak near the bottom of the same piece, where a piece of the plastic is missing:
On the upside, the wk600 is really well designed - easy to take apart for repair. But I can't find replacement parts anywhere...
