Okay so forgive the potato video but here is an example.
Keep in mind not EVERY switch is having this problem. For example the 4, 6, 7, 9 and some of the top keys like divide and multiply werent catching. On the switch tester, of the first six switches I put on it only the far right and left were catching on the cherry keycap. ALTHOUGH, when I took those 4 working ones out the next 3 out of 4 right away were failing. I guess this gives a bit of an example of what % of switches this effects. It's around/more than half of them that are messing up. I now have 6 gaterons on this tester that are all catching on the keycap. What I am going to do is put 2 stock ones on the left. In the middle there will be 2 with stock gateron bottoms and stems with cherry tops. And on the far right the 2 switches will be cherry housings, both top and bottom with just a gateron stem. I will test with both stock backlit thin keycaps from off a poker 3 and with the triumph adler gmk keys.
UPDATE:So just to be perfectly clear. ALL of the switches on this tester were faulty before testing. They all would get stuck when depressed at an angle. One thing I have noticed is that they do NOT get stuck if you press the switch backward as in you are pressing it down while in the direction of the "GATERON" writing on the switch. They ONLY get stuck if you are pressing them towards the LED slot on the switches. Hope that makes sense.
So here is the breakdown:
Left Two Switches= Stock Gateron Linear Clears
Middle Two Switches= Gateron Linear Clears with Cherry Top
Right Two Switches= Gateron Linear Clear Stems in Cherry Top and Bottom Casings
The white and blue keys are GMK triumph adler keys. The black keys are stock poker 3 keycaps which are OEM profile. Of the left two switches only the GMK key get stuck. From there on none of the other switches get stuck. So on these older rev gateron switches they only catch on cherry profile keycaps. The middle two switches are butter smooth even with the cherry tops. The right two switches are scratchy, and if I remember correctly, the switch housings I put them in are from vintage/old black switches.
SO TLDR: If you have old gateron switches that are getting stuck when pressing them down and you are using cherry profile keycaps, that is why. You either need to use OEM profile cheapo keycaps or swap the tops out to cherry tops. Be sure you are buying newer gateron switches to hopefully avoid this. I don't know how to tell the difference between these old ones and newer revisions but hopefully someone else can find out.