i dont mean to necro a 2 month old thread but i ran into issues with costar stabs and this plate. I tried bending them back as far they would go but the keys are still really sticky. everything is soldered already so i cant realistically go to plate mounted cherry stabs and i saw wfd dremeled out the bottom of the plates a little to get them to fit but again that would require me to desolder everything. i found this on the deskthority wiki for phantom plates. do you think this would work?
If your Costar stabilizers feel a little sticky, here is what you can do: -
they are seated correctly1. In the first Costar star stabilizer picture on the right (scroll down a bit to see) the red areas need to be fully seated onto the plate. alaricljs's suggestion: Use a micro straight blade screw driver and gently press the black plastic piece toward the plate edge so that it engages properly. You may or may not hear a click as it seats itself. The tolerance is very tight.
2. Costar Stabilizer Clip -
the stabs are as wide as they will go. they white inserts will fit in between but are very sticky/fussyAlso, the stabilizer clips are made of plastic, so the width can vary. You can see the difference between these two in the picture on the right (scroll down a bit).
3. Costar Stabilizer Clip Width Difference -
this is what im about to try. what does this exactly accomplish? i just want to make sure this is relavant before i start hacking up my stabs anymore than what they already are.Besides making sure the clips are seated perfectly, you can also gently bend the clip with your figures to make the gap wider. After this was done to a few Costar stabilizer clips, the wide, stabilized keys should not stick any more.
If, and only if, the two techniques don't fix your sticky Costar stabilizers, the last resort is to file down slightly the areas marked as red in the first Costar stabilizer clip picture. Use a thin filer that fits in there and file just a little. after filing both sides down a little bit, it should fit very well on to the plate.
EDIT: i went with #3 but with a razor blade. carved out the stab a little bit on the back side, slid in and all they stabilized keys are operating as intended