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Title: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: melt on Thu, 29 August 2013, 06:08:03

Hey guys, I'm having issues with my spacebar on my recently acquired poker.  It works fine when hitting in the center, but hit on the edges then the spacebar gets jammed a bit.  Any advice on how to fix this issue would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks. 

EDIT: I'm sure it's the stabilizers... as it's only in the corners....

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: Photekq on Thu, 29 August 2013, 06:14:22

Take the keycap off and pull the stabiliser stems up and down with your hands. Is there any jamming when you do this? If so, you might consider modifying the stem of the stabilisers. This helps to stop jamming and generally makes the stabilisers feel nicer :

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: Obakemono on Thu, 29 August 2013, 06:15:34

Or maybe is a matter of lubing stabilizers a bit?

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: melt on Thu, 29 August 2013, 06:17:56

Quote from: Photekq on Thu, 29 August 2013, 06:14:22

Take the keycap off and pull the stabiliser stems up and down with your hands. Is there any jamming when you do this? If so, you might consider modifying the stem of the stabilisers. This helps to stop jamming and generally makes the stabilisers feel nicer :

thanks so much for the info! much appreciated.  I pulled them together and they seem fine.. hmmm,maybe they are not in sync, if that makes sense?             

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 29 August 2013, 06:29:25

uhoh

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: BlueBär on Thu, 29 August 2013, 06:32:34

The Poker uses Cherry stabilizers, which are known to be not as good without modding and can sometimes feel sticky or somewhat weird. If you don't want to clip the stabilizers, you could try lubing them which also helps a lot. Check out my guide (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=46376.0) to see how to do that.

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 29 August 2013, 07:03:29

cherry stabilizers are more sensitive to warped spacebars.

Your space bar is likely warped.

Get a new space bar.

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-021.gif)

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 29 August 2013, 10:24:35

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 29 August 2013, 07:03:29

cherry stabilizers are more sensitive to warped spacebars.

Your space bar is likely warped.

Get a new space bar.

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(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-021.gif)

I second TP4. I know people who've remedied similar issues by getting a new spacebar.

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: BlueBär on Thu, 29 August 2013, 10:30:41

You should be able to see if the spacebar is warped, mine used to stick too and lubing fixed it and made it feel a lot better. I think a spacebar has to be quite severely warped to cause such sticking.

Title: Re: Sticky Spacebar on Poker x
Post by: melt on Thu, 29 August 2013, 12:36:56

thanks, guys, for all your input!  I'm gonna trying lubing this sucka first ha  :thumb: