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Title: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: missalaire on Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:43:48
So this is my first time installing key caps on a Costar stabilizer board and apparently SP has loose holes for the white stabilizer inserts and that's causing me a bit of trouble... help!
Title: Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:44:33
Cut a plastic bag and use them as shims for the white inserts
Title: Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: missalaire on Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:47:02
Cut a plastic bag and use them as shims for the white inserts

Shims? Like slipping them into the hole and using it to hold them up into the key cap?
Title: Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:47:56
Take the plastic, lay it over the stem hole, insert white insert. Bam!  :D
Title: Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: gigibecali on Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:58:47
don't forget the longer part of your inserts must be oriented north
Title: Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: missalaire on Thu, 28 February 2013, 13:01:57
Take the plastic, lay it over the stem hole, insert white insert. Bam!  :D

Did this with some saran wrap, worked. Thanks :)

don't forget the longer part of your inserts must be oriented north

Learned this the hard way earlier lol. Thanks.

Got everything sorted out and installed, thanks guys!
Title: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: badcop on Thu, 28 February 2013, 15:00:25
If anyone is interested I made a quick video lap last week.
Title: Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: gigibecali on Fri, 01 March 2013, 09:04:29
@OP:
have you managed to do the spacebar right?
What was the problem?
Title: Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
Post by: missalaire on Fri, 01 March 2013, 11:03:51
@OP:
have you managed to do the spacebar right?
What was the problem?

Yes I managed to get everything done right a few minutes after I posted this up. Well, at first I didn't realize that both stabilizer inserts had to be facing north and then I couldn't get it to sit right over the switch, but everything is good now. Thanks for checking up :)