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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: moonexe on Fri, 31 January 2014, 13:42:50

Title: Remove cherry stabilizers?
Post by: moonexe on Fri, 31 January 2014, 13:42:50

Well there's an issue with my numpad stabilizers, they seem to have dirt or something caught in them making them a lot mushier than they should be... Is there a way to remove them so I could clean them?

Title: Re: Remove cherry stabilizers?
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 31 January 2014, 13:47:07

With PCB stabilisers it's easy. Just take the PCB out, squeeze the tabs at the back and pull out the stabilisers.

Title: Re: Remove cherry stabilizers?
Post by: moonexe on Fri, 31 January 2014, 13:56:22

Yep that did it, thanks :D
Didn't think the tea accident had actually reached inside the keyboard...
Long story. :rolleyes:
Well since I'm messing with stabilizers anyway, I might as well clip them...

Title: Re: Remove cherry stabilizers?
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 31 January 2014, 14:10:36

I had a tea accident once.. It's actually the reason I first came to this forum. Another reason why I love tea.

RIP BLACKWIDOW 2010-2012

Title: Re: Remove cherry stabilizers?
Post by: moonexe on Fri, 31 January 2014, 14:13:30

Lucky for me it didn't damage anything. I tested every key afterwards, and no issues whatsoever. But then a day or two later I noticed those two stabilizers were acting strange...

It was a chain of events, grandfather spilled silicon oil on the floor, floors in the house have been super slippery ever since, making me slip and while falling, spill tea all over my desk. :eek: