Back Of Ignition Switch Popped Off!

[Spoony]

So the back contact plate (Black plastic with ignition wires off it) popped out the back of the switch/barrel.

The car is a 07 BFii.

I've got all the bits it seems, white plastic bit with the spring, the two small ball bearings, the copper turn/connect/contact plate.

Looks to me like the outside simply wasn't tapped over enough on assembly.

The thing is how the hell does one get all this back in?

The main issue is keeping the ball bearings in place while putting the rest together.

Suggestions/special techniques?

Cheers.

[Gianni0991]

This actually happened to me a couple of weeks back. I didn't bother putting the bearings back as I sat there for over an hour trying to get them back in. Car starts and runs fine now. Just had to change the small 20amp fuse under the bonnet as I must have tripped the security at some point putting it all back together.

[Spoony]

Yes they are tricky. I forgot to mention but blew the same fuse on mine too!

[Gianni0991]

Have you had any other issues with ac and stereo since you got your car going again? Ever since I fixed mine, the car keeps randomly shutting off ac and radio as if I'v turned the car off but engine is still running.

[Spoony]

Fortunately I haven't. Though that sound like the same thing I was having when it first presented. I'm pretty sure it's basically the ACC contacts on that rotary type switch coming out of contact and effectively turning ACC off on the car same as turning the key. The electronic part that starts/runs the car is still working so the car runs. My guess is maybe you're is not fully assembled together tight or maybe the contact plate or something is a bit bent?

[Gianni0991]

Yeah might have a look at it tomorrow. Driving around town today and managed to bump the key somehow and car decided it wanted to shut down this time. Thankfully I was able to pull over into a free park. Turned key to off and then restarted the car like nothing was wrong. Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be a costly excersize. The beauty of buying second hand I guess

[alizasoain8]

The same thing happened to me. Radio etc going on and off randomly, wipers didn't work, not stopping/ starting properly just before the back of the ignition switch fell off.I put it all back together using grease on the ball bearings to hold them there. Made sure I recrimped the 4 little lugs over the black plastic on the edges and put some epoxy around the eedge for good measure.