2007 DC Limited: A while ago the top ‘Info’ button in my switch cluster started sticking. At first it would just take a short while to return after a push (worse when it was cold). Later I had to manually pull it back into position if I pushed it in too far. NOT easy. By the way – if the Info button remains pushed in when the truck is turned off then back on (say, just to ACC), every pixel in the info screen will be lit = white out.
Anyway, I got around to taking out the switch cluster to try to find the issue. I figured I either needed to clean it or add more grease. The button definitely had some binding, but what I also found was the rubber return “spring” was broken. The post had torn from the rest of the pad, probably during my latest attempts to pull the button back.
The rubber pieces in back of three of the switch buttons look similar to the rubber return pads under keyboard keys. The attached pic shows the broken pad, where it goes, and how the others look in-place.
I will not pay $127 +T for a whole new switch assembly. Does anyone have any idea where I can get a hold of more of these rubber pads? What are they even technically called? Tundras seem to be scarce in local salvage yards. Either that or I can’t search worth a damn. My other idea is to see how a couple of actual keyboard key return pads might work. Or just find a way to get a real spring to work. They used an actual spring for the sonar button. It would have been nice if they could have done this for all of them. I can only imagine they used the rubber springs for that luxurious feel…
Thanks for reading.
Anyway, I got around to taking out the switch cluster to try to find the issue. I figured I either needed to clean it or add more grease. The button definitely had some binding, but what I also found was the rubber return “spring” was broken. The post had torn from the rest of the pad, probably during my latest attempts to pull the button back.
The rubber pieces in back of three of the switch buttons look similar to the rubber return pads under keyboard keys. The attached pic shows the broken pad, where it goes, and how the others look in-place.
I will not pay $127 +T for a whole new switch assembly. Does anyone have any idea where I can get a hold of more of these rubber pads? What are they even technically called? Tundras seem to be scarce in local salvage yards. Either that or I can’t search worth a damn. My other idea is to see how a couple of actual keyboard key return pads might work. Or just find a way to get a real spring to work. They used an actual spring for the sonar button. It would have been nice if they could have done this for all of them. I can only imagine they used the rubber springs for that luxurious feel…
Thanks for reading.