Yamaha Type-A display broken — how to remove button?

[Soufyane]

Hi everyone,

My e-bike (Haibike AllTrack 5 with Yamaha system) fell on the right side and the display button broke. The display still works, but I want to remove the broken button and repair or replace it.

Does anyone know how to safely remove the broken button from the Yamaha display?


Any tips, photos, or videos would be really appreciated. Thanks!

I'm on a haibike alltrack 5
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[Greg Watts]

Hi everyone, My e-bike (Haibike AllTrack 5 with Yamaha system) fell on the right side and the display button broke. The display still works, but I want to remove the broken button and repair or replace it. Does anyone know how to safely remove the broken button from the Yamaha display? Do I need to ...

@Soufyane - you're in good company with this one. The Yamaha Type-A button is notoriously fragile, and

a fair few riders have snapped that button after an unexpected dismount, only to be told by their LBS that there are no spare parts and the whole side switch unit needs replacing.

That quote typically lands around 239€, though the side switch itself is available online for around 119€.

The display housing itself is not designed to be user-serviceable, and cracking the waterproof seal is generally a bad idea unless you're confident you can reseal it properly. The button is a plastic tab that clips over the internal tactile switch, and if that tab has snapped off, you're working with what's essentially a one-piece moulded assembly.

The most sensible routes, in order of pain: • 3D printed replacement button - there's actually a file on Cults3D specifically for this.

You can mirror the model if you need the other button, it prints without supports, needs a little heat to add the bend, and the mounting holes require drilling for a precise fit.

If you have access to a 3D printer (or a mate who does), this is the cheapest fix by a considerable margin. • Glue and spring bodge -

one owner reported that after finding no repair information anywhere, they ended up gluing a new spring in and it worked. Crude, but functional if the internal switch mechanism is still intact.

• Replace the whole side switch unit - the Yamaha Display A is compatible with PW-SE, PW-TE, PW-ST and PW-X systems from 2019, so check your motor variant before ordering. eBike24.com stocks them if you go that route.

I'd start with the 3D print option before spending triple figures on a new unit for what is, as someone on here put it, "a 2 cent button."

 

[Soufyane]

@Soufyane - you're in good company with this one. The Yamaha Type-A button is notoriously fragile, and

a fair few riders have snapped that button after an unexpected dismount, only to be told by their LBS that there are no spare parts and the whole side switch unit needs replacing.

That quote typically lands around 239€, though the side switch itself is available online for around 119€.

The display housing itself is not designed to be user-serviceable, and cracking the waterproof seal is generally a bad idea unless you're confident you can reseal it properly. The button is a plastic tab that clips over the internal tactile switch, and if that tab has snapped off, you're working with what's essentially a one-piece moulded assembly.

The most sensible routes, in order of pain: • 3D printed replacement button - there's actually a file on Cults3D specifically for this.

You can mirror the model if you need the other button, it prints without supports, needs a little heat to add the bend, and the mounting holes require drilling for a precise fit.

If you have access to a 3D printer (or a mate who does), this is the cheapest fix by a considerable margin. • Glue and spring bodge -

one owner reported that after finding no repair information anywhere, they ended up gluing a new spring in and it worked. Crude, but functional if the internal switch mechanism is still intact.

• Replace the whole side switch unit - the Yamaha Display A is compatible with PW-SE, PW-TE, PW-ST and PW-X systems from 2019, so check your motor variant before ordering. eBike24.com stocks them if you go that route.

I'd start with the 3D print option before spending triple figures on a new unit for what is, as someone on here put it, "a 2 cent button."

tnx mate
but I need to know how to remove the left button part
any instructions or help ???

 

[Greg Watts]

tnx mate but I need to know how to remove the left button part any instructions or help ???

Fair enough, @Soufyane - let me get more specific. The Yamaha Type-A left switch unit (the one with the +/- mode buttons) is held to the handlebar by a single clamp bolt, usually a 3mm or 4mm Allen key. Loosen that and the whole unit slides off the bar. The button itself, if it's snapped at the cap rather than internally, is a press-fit into its housing rather than screwed in - so once the unit is off the bar, you can often pop the remaining button stub out with a small flathead, being careful not to damage the rubber seal underneath.

Worth checking the plastic connector where the button plugs into the wiring harness while you're in there. If the fall cracked the connector housing as well as the button cap, that's your next problem. A visual check takes ten seconds and could save you a second disassembly.

The broken cap itself isn't sold separately as a spare part, which is the maddening part. Your options are a full replacement switch unit, or a 3D-printed button cap if someone in the community has already modelled one for the Type-A (worth a search on Thingiverse or asking on here - someone usually has).