Tight Cherry MX Clear

[jeffgran]

Glad to know it's not just me. I had this problem with my clears on my ergodox and the blank black DSAs. On a couple of them I ripped off the whole top of the switch with the cap still on there, using the WASD key puller. I started wiggling back and forth while removing them and that seemed to help. But man, they really get stuck on there.

[terran5992]

Glad to know it's not just me. I had this problem with my clears on my ergodox and the blank black DSAs. On a couple of them I ripped off the whole top of the switch with the cap still on there, using the WASD key puller. I started wiggling back and forth while removing them and that seemed to help. But man, they really get stuck on there.

Really? Wiggling seems to make it worse

[SpAmRaY]

Glad to know it's not just me. I had this problem with my clears on my ergodox and the blank black DSAs. On a couple of them I ripped off the whole top of the switch with the cap still on there, using the WASD key puller. I started wiggling back and forth while removing them and that seemed to help. But man, they really get stuck on there.

The DSA are known to fit tighter anyways, it is part of their design. However there were some runs of DSA caps that had stem issues that made them even tighter, but that tooling was fixed a while ago.

[TheSoulhunter]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49752.msg1081987#msg1081987

[Dreamre]

I find that once the clears have keycaps that are removed at least once, it gets easier to remove afterwards.

[Oobly]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49752.msg1081987#msg1081987

This is a nice concept, but I just use a loose clear switch to do this. On and off a few times and voila!

[terran5992]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49752.msg1081987#msg1081987

This is a nice concept, but I just use a loose clear switch to do this. On and off a few times and voila!

But what if the first time you put the caps on they get stuck

[Photoelectric]

I'd test on one-two switches.   If too tight... probably wouldn't use those keycaps and save them for another keyboard with something other than Clears.  Or try some lubricant maybe.

[Oobly]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49752.msg1081987#msg1081987

This is a nice concept, but I just use a loose clear switch to do this. On and off a few times and voila!

But what if the first time you put the caps on they get stuck

It's easier to pull a stuck cap off a loose switch than one in a board. Wiggle while you pull. May feel like it isn't helping, but it does come off more easily. I have a set of really tight POM caps (Bangood ones) and a few times on and off again (3 or 4 per keycap) with the loose switch makes them loose enough to not worry about putting them on a board. A little tighter than stock ABS caps, but not so tight that they'd pull a stem out!

[terran5992]

I managed to remove the stuck keycaps by using a pair of tweezers like this

[metalliqaz]

This thread:  Giggity.

[SpAmRaY]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49752.msg1081987#msg1081987

I'm seriously considering attempting to do something like that just for the heck of it.

[Oobly]

I managed to remove the stuck keycaps by using a pair of tweezers like this

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Great! Congrats. Let us know if you come right with the one where the stem came out.

[Mikey Mo]

Oh,...some keycaps is very hard to pull....need carefully , you can polish l think ,,just a suggestion

[TheSoulhunter]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49752.msg1081987#msg1081987

I'm seriously considering attempting to do something like that just for the heck of it.

Me too, but as with most other projects I lack the time to actually do it... ^^;

[SpAmRaY]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49752.msg1081987#msg1081987

I'm seriously considering attempting to do something like that just for the heck of it.

Me too, but as with most other projects I lack the time to actually do it... ^^;

Yes I know that all too well