Bosch IXO Repair

In 2006 I bought my first Bosch IXO. It did a wonderful job over the last years and helped a lot assemble and disassemble mostly furniture. (I moved 3 times in the last ten years)

But when we started to renovate our  bureau at home the switch for changing directions started to get a slack joint. Here You can see the misery:

After a bit of a web search I finally found a replacement part and soldered it in:

Works like a charm!

Next steps:

• Replace battery
• Replace LED with brighter one