M30 Fader Help

[A Reel Person]

I have a fader on my M30 that has a single wire portruding from the middle & attached to the wiper assembly. I've removed the channel card from the chassis, but I've not detached the fader from the card. I can't ID anything on the other faders that looks similar, or if it's in there it's tucked perfectly out of view. Is there supposed to be a wire inside a fader that attaches to and tracks the wiper? The other end of that wire feels very firmly attached. I'm trying to decide what to do with or about this fader. Upon test the channel doesn't pass signal. I was looking for sweetbeats pictorial about bursting apart and cleaning a master fader, on another thread, couldn't find it. Thanx!

 

[A Reel Person]

Update:...

I used all my deductive reasoning to determine there's no way that wire should have been there. I don't know if, how or why someone would poke a wire down under the slider, but there it was. A light tug on it had it firmly placed and not giving up. A heavier tug on it, and it just gave way & came out. It appeared to be just jammed in under the slider, and not soldered or anything. Moreover, I've doubted very much if this was a standard factory configuration. So, out it came!

The channel card still doesn't pass signal, but I found a cold solder joint and broken trace on one of the legs of the 12K EQ pot, which could be the culprit. Upon further testing, I found the Submix #8 Pan pot to be defective on the left side. I ended up using another M30 which has a flaky Assign button section to scavenge a channel card and the entire Submix section, thus rendering 1 M30 entirely functional and 1 M30 left over with 3 known problems, repair TBD/TBA.

It harkens back to the idea that it rubs me the wrong way to determine previous sellers had passed on problems to me, undisclosed, but that's life! I'd not do that to a buyer. I have a standard of ethics.

 

[Slowrider]

Have seen a lot of strange things in electronics, but not that one.

Sometimes, jerking things can be fun!