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Offline missalaire

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Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« on: Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:43:48 »
So this is my first time installing key caps on a Costar stabilizer board and apparently SP has loose holes for the white stabilizer inserts and that's causing me a bit of trouble... help!
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Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:44:33 »
Cut a plastic bag and use them as shims for the white inserts
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Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:47:02 »
Cut a plastic bag and use them as shims for the white inserts

Shims? Like slipping them into the hole and using it to hold them up into the key cap?
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Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:47:56 »
Take the plastic, lay it over the stem hole, insert white insert. Bam!  :D

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Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 28 February 2013, 12:58:47 »
don't forget the longer part of your inserts must be oriented north
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Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 28 February 2013, 13:01:57 »
Take the plastic, lay it over the stem hole, insert white insert. Bam!  :D

Did this with some saran wrap, worked. Thanks :)

don't forget the longer part of your inserts must be oriented north

Learned this the hard way earlier lol. Thanks.

Got everything sorted out and installed, thanks guys!
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Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 28 February 2013, 15:00:25 »
If anyone is interested I made a quick video lap last week.
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Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 01 March 2013, 09:04:29 »
@OP:
have you managed to do the spacebar right?
What was the problem?
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Re: Tips on Installing SP Caps for Costar Stabilizer Boards?
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 01 March 2013, 11:03:51 »
@OP:
have you managed to do the spacebar right?
What was the problem?

Yes I managed to get everything done right a few minutes after I posted this up. Well, at first I didn't realize that both stabilizer inserts had to be facing north and then I couldn't get it to sit right over the switch, but everything is good now. Thanks for checking up :)
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