2000 TJ - Replacement headlight switch is acting funny...

[penk]

Ol Yeller developed a problem in the headlight switch - when you pull on the knob, the lights don't go on until you really fiddle around with it. Push it in slightly, wiggle it, etc. I thought it was non-use, but even after a few weeks of fiddling with it, it's not getting better.

I bought a repalcement switch on ebay:

But here's the problem. There doesn't seem to be a 'middle' position (where just the parking lights would be on normally). The knob slides in and out without 'stopping' in the middle. I thought when I frist got it that it did stop, but after I hit the little release button, pulled the rod out, and put it back in, at that point it's possible the middle position stopped working.

Did I put it back together wrong?

I can't get it to 'click' at that middle position anymore...

 

[cash]

I have purchased several of these and tried a few combinations with the knobs (long story), and never experienced that.

Maybe just try another new one or buy an OEM used one from another TJ?

 

[TJ Hunnicutt]

Odd, to be sure.
Have you tried popping the knob/shaft out and putting it back in once more? Not that I think that it would necessarily help but, just to try. Other than that, I'm thinking you may have a bad switch.
You should def reach out to the person/company you bought it from to see if they have any thoughts before sending it back.