Results are pretty phenomenal. A tad heavier than the Red MX, with almost no noise whatsoever. Love it.
That's a fantastic job! I got an AEKII clone through a freelance Mac technician that I'm about to mod. I'll have to add green ALPS to the list and see how I like their springs. What was the name of the terminal board? Also, does the PTFE grease go on the slider or the spring itself?
In the first pic of my op, i was testing differences in friction and spring resistance and such. All in all, there was scant differences between the resistance of the 4. In the end, I chose the green springs because they had more coils and were gold-ish in color (SCIENCE!).
The next test involved the two dampened varieties (white and cream), setting and re-setting them, trying to find differences in friction. The white dampened stems/housings were definitely smoother, but I went with the creams because I have an abundance of them-- keeping it safe i guess.
Regarding the alps cm greens, they came from a texas instruments or zenith monstrosity from way back when (don't remember).
Finally, I applied as little PTFE as possible on the slider. I realized that I could do this using my fingers better than any other tool... Just rubbed a droplet of the grease over my fingertips. Then I just installed the sliders, rubbing each slider between my fingers before installing it in the housing. This left just the tiniest film of grease, more like a residue, which is what i was going for. Oh, and yeah, I don't grease the whole spring, but I use a tad bit to hold the spring in place (some use a magnet instead).
I've been typing on it all evening. Job well spent, it's way better than a new M0116 if you ask me.
