ceilinglightingswitch
The pull chain broke off the switch in my closet ceiling light. I bought a replacement switch, and was going to replace it, but the lead connected to the light fixture appears to be riveted to the terminal, and I can't figure out how to free the current wire.
I also thought of just replacing the pull chain itself (since the switch is still good), but the case appears to be riveted together, and I can't get to the chain fragment inside.
Another thing that seriously needs to get corrected is the totally unacceptable workmanship of the wire attachment at the switches. The wire insulation should be right up at the screw head. The tail end of the wire should only extend out from under the screw heads by a very small amount.
If this wiring was prepared by someone that you paid to do the work you should take proper recourse to get them back to correct this extremely shoddy work.
If you have no recourse then you owe it to yourself, for safety and peace of mind, to get this mess cleaned up.
Wire color isn't a certainty, particularly with switched power. You need to be certain of how it was wired before and use the same configuration. Without that, you need to disconnect and use test equipment (non-contact tester, multimeter) to determine the neutral, hot line, which hot goes to the switch, and which hot is switched. A common convention would be black as always hot and red is a switched hot, but you need to test to be sure.
Once you have identified the wires, the light fixture will be connected to the neutral and switched hot. The hot from the line needs to go through the switch to become the switched hot. And neutrals should all be connected together.
Best Answer
Honestly that looks like a fairly inexpensive light fixture. Why not consider just purchasing a replacement fixture?
A fixture built with the riveted type of wire connectors, ceramic bulb socket and with that type of sleeving on the wires is a high temperature rated fixture. It will really not be feasible to try to repair the unit and keep it's rating intact.
Get yourself a replacement fixture with LED lighting to reduce power consumption and lower overall operating temperature.