As spraying Contact Cleaner only fixes the issue for a month or so for me, I went in with a Multimeter, and figured out how to just bypass the switch altogether. Makes your ‘selection’ permanent, but not a big deal for keeping the speakers out of the trash. I clumsily wrote my first guide ever on how to do it yourself, hope this helps others: Mackie CR3 CR4 Links/Rechts Wahlschalter überbrücken Labeled ‘difficult’ because it requires soldering, but if you are comfortable with that, this is a quick and easy fix.
This fix bypasses the switch, as that is the failure point. So afterwards both speakers will work. But as you are soldering down the bypass, you are making a somewhat permanent decision on which is the left or right speaker.
Yeah, no need to remove the switch. When I first looked into repairing the speaker, I considered swapping out the switch for a new one, but it does not appear to be easy to remove without risking further damage.