Just reporting some
facts weird-science after talking with Krelbit and testing plenty of my switches.
Silent switches seems to come with the spring ATTACHED to the stem.
Fact is that once the spring is detached, there is no way to put it back. Now Krelbit said that on a plate mounted silent black the detached spring sounds really bad, but i did some tests and in our case seems the total opposite (understandable because we have a different spring).
Basically, apart the scratchiness of the switch, the spring has a really really bad sound when is attached (stock).
You can test it by detaching a spring in one switch and let it attached on another. If you press them hard (or at least to the bottomout) you will clearly hear a metallic sound on the switch with the attached spring (stock), not really a typical ping of some springs, just a boring metallic sound. On the switch with the detached spring you will mostly not hear that sound.
So even if you planned to keep the low-weight/****ed-up spring, i really suggest to still open the switch to detach it from the stem, even if you didn't wanted to lube it (that is always recommended). I tested some other spring (ofc detached) and i can't hear that metallic sound.
So here is a
RESUME for that metallic sound:
- If you wanted to change the spring, you are fine
- If you didn't wanted to change the spring but you will open the switch anyway (e.g. to lube), you are fine, just remember to detach the spring too.
NOTE: if you have that metallic sound even on few detached springs (as i had), you can fix that by adjusting/moving the spring and if it doesn't work, just lube these springs - If you didn't wanted to open the switch at all, i'm afraid to say that you should... at least to detach this spring so you will not have that metallic sound (and maybe you will also decide to lube it at that point)
Here are some facts:
- This switch is bad if not lubed.
- This spring seems too long or just poorly made, never heard that weird sound in any switch.
- If you still have the metallic sound even after detaching the spring, lube the springs (mainly on the tip), as our Krel boi says, or just lube everything because life is short and lubing is nice!
- Even if you prefer a light spring, consider getting another spring unless you are going to highly lube that stock spring.
TL;DR Everyone should open these switches. Also this spring is trash.(Peace and thanks to Krelboi, all said above is
not valid for plate mounted switches where it should be the exact opposite)