Hardware & Technical X52 pro Silver hat micro switches

I'm having issues with the silver hat on the main stick. Left, up and Right click and actuate the button properly, but down has lost its click and either doesn't activate, or activates two to three times per press.

Does anyone know, or can anyone tell me where I can buy a new one as I currently have my stick in pieces strewn across my desk.
I'm also asking here as I believe Logitech bought out siatech(?) and I've been unable to get a response from the logitech support team at all, nor make an account. So other than reddit I figure here is a good bet to get information.
following should be a photo of the micro switches in question. I've circled in red the offending switch for.. well to make it feel silly.
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In case the switches are bent back a bit, you could try to very carefully bend them inwards a smidge. If that doesn't help, get a can of electronics contact cleaner and soak that sucker would be my advice. With any luck, that gets some more life out of it.

Next step would be looking for manufacturer marks to get replacements, maybe something from the Omron B3F-3000 range.

Of course, that whole thing being Saitek, you may be better off just binning it and shopping for Thrustmaster or CH replacements :p
 
I don't think contact cleaner will be enough to be honest, I think the metal tactile bit which provides the click and rebound within the switch has given up as the button head moves about half a mil with a super mushy/spongy feel.
The switches them selves are all straight and I'm quite impressed how well the internals all look after 2 years of service.
After a couple of hours (not knowing anything about micro switches) I managed to find a company in the UK who stock the right switch, I think. It looks the same and the measurements are correct as far as I can measure them. Just gotta dig out the soldering iron and practice a bit now.

If anyone is interested, These are the switches I ordered and they're correct..
-Update-

Tore off the old switch because simultaneously melting 4 points of solder was impossible, for me anyway. Got the new switch on, re-soldered the silver hat led and it's all working wonderfully. Was initally worried that I had burnt the pcb a bit while extracting the last leg of the old switch but nah it's fine. the new switch is spot on.
 
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