This is a great video. You are working with very small and intricate pieces to the ceiling fan chain housing unit. The video took close shots of those small pieces. You spoke very clearly and slowly to ensure the details were understood before moving to the next step of the process. You even took the time to point out where someone might encounter difficulty and suggested how to get through such challenges (binder clip). This was very well done and easy to follow. Thank you for a well-made and easy to follow video.
I found that the tip to cut the new wires on the switch short was misleading. I wasted two hours. I didn't have enough wire. It didn't look like he left much but I was about 2mm short. caps wouldn't stay on good enough because i had no extra wire to tape. but it's free help. Just going to hire someone. I was disappointed.
You are AMAZING! I had to watch the part about how the mechanism works several times to understand how to adjust your instructions to apply to my switch which is quite a bit different than yours. Same parts, they just look a lot different. I almost gave up, but I did it! Another success story for Ms. "Macgyver"!!! Thank you!
Thank you for this. I had a 4 wire fan switch the chain broke off in, and no one local carried the replacement. A bit frustrating to do, but your explanation on how it worked saved me from giving up.
I watched a different video from a different poster first because it had more views. It was a good video and can fix this issue as long as the process goes smoothly. However I couldn’t figured after i put the switch back together why the chain wouldn’t engage. This video is much more helpful because it takes the time to explain the pieces and how they work. Had it fixed in seconds after watching this video.
Great video! To the point and shows how to do it, how it actually works, tells you what to watch for / watch out for . . . I'm going to be looking at a lot more of your channel!
Thanks for the video, it is so helpful and shows me exactly how to do it. My chain just came out so I will have to be fixing it this evening with the assistance of my hubby
Thank you for making this video. Solved my exact problem. I hope a lot of ppl watch this and save themselves some money fixing it themselves and not junking their fans. This was kind of a pain in the butt. You helped make it easier.
Literally the best video, we went through a few videos until we found this one, great detail especially since we had no idea how to fix it, thank you!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The ceiling fan in my living room has been broken for a few years now. There is a wall switch to turn it on and off but it was on high speed and now that it is winter time I was tired of being cold with the ceiling fan on. I already knew it can be fixed and I am a DIY girl. I went to the local hardware stote an bought a replacement part and then came home and started taking apart the fan and BOOM wrong part. Grrrrrrrrrr. So of course like most people I turn to youtube. I watch several videos and nope not helpful. Then your video played and BAM BINGO I CAN DO THIS. At first I tried without the clip (Grrrrr) I went looking for one and found it. I keep it on until after i snapped it in place and pushed the box closed as i removed the clip and AWWWWWW we are done. IT'S FIXED IDID IT. Binder cilp GENIUS. Thank you for the detailed video. YOUR AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you.. only video that I found clearly explaining how rack part supposedly work and be placed. If it wasn’t for this video I would have to buy another one. Thanks for saving me a trip to Home Depot and some money:)
Much appreciate for this video as my husband just pulled the chain off very hard and now after watching your video i can fix it....Thanks so much for making an informative video .....
Thank you for making this video! It was very helpful and repair suceeded! The only other thing that would have been helpful is if you could have specifically stated that it's a little tricky to compress the spring down with its tail on the correct side of the stop while at the same time lifting the little wheel (with the chain ball on it) up and over the tab to get the stop on the wheel on the other side of the tab. You mentioned where everything went but not that tidbit about how to accomplish it. I wasn't getting proper spring tension until I figured that out. I used a new chain because I didn't want the same problem to occur anytime soon. Also, I ditched the decorative chain pull knob because it was heavy and maybe that led to the breakage. Thank you again for taking the time to make and post your video ~ it was super helpful!!
OMG seems like tedious work!! But I'm gonna try it 🤯 GREAT VIDEO to explain & showing the littlest details just in case was awesome Thank you for posting this video!!
Thank you thank you thank you for helping me you have no idea how happy I am, I recently broke the chain over April and then summer came and in that house was just really hot and I couldn't take it anymore so I watch the video ask my brother for help and after about 30 minutes or so the fan work thank you😁
Extremely helpful… figuring out the correct relationship of where the spring needs to be reinserted in both pieces when reassembling was the trickiest part, it took quite a while to be honest and I was getting pretty frustrated with it but I am one damn proud man right now… FIXED!
This is great and everything, but for 4 bucks at HD or Lowes you can get a replacement unit you do not have to pull apart - the chain is like a buck, so remember you have the option to pay 2-3 more and not have to do surgery
Well I tried. my switch was for the one that controls the fan speed and as soon as you try to pop the thing apart the insides completly fall out the wires and the contacts and a couple of other plastic things where only held in place by the two sides being sandwiched together. It's as if it was designed to completely self destruct if you tried to tamper with it. CHYNA!
Hi! I'm hoping you can help? I have a similar issue with a floor lamp, and thanks to your video I have most of it back together now, but the switch won't spring back to the start position. I pull and can feel the expected click that would turn the light on it off if it was plugged in, but then the switch only returns partway
Good tutorial, but my problem is different. The chain is still attached, it just won't pull to change the speed. I turned it on to get it going on medium speed, but it went straight to fast, and now I can't turn it off unless I turn it off at the wall switch and then I don't have the light. I think the entire switch needs to be replaced. 🙁
i need to fix the switch itself on my ceiling fan... the string didnt break but the switch dont work... and its the one that controls the lights... any tips on how to fix it?
I have a weird dilemma. I can't find the broken chain, nor do I have the metal housing that the chain ran thru. I definitely don't have the chain mechanism. My fan has one light bulb. The pull chain for the light is in tact but the other side for the fan pull chain has an empty hole where the metal socket and pull chain was. There's alot of loose wires. Looks like a purple, 2 black, and red wires but no housing of any sort. There's also a bunch of wires leading to the direction change switch. What am I missing? Thanks.
This only works if your fan comes with a switch that DOES come apart otherwise you're shit outta luck. Most cheap fans come with a switch that's permanently sealed with rivets. In that case you'll have to buy one, dirt cheap .. 3-4 dollars!
