What's the best way to insert keycap to bucking spring slot?

[joneslee85]

I've just received my IBM clone F62 keyboard (by eclipse). Some keys do not actuate so I suspect that the spring aren't in right place. I took the keycap out and then put it back, with few random tries the spring is in right place. Is there any guide on how to get the spring in correct postion upon being pressed down by the keycap? This whole trial and error is driving me nut.

[Maledicted]

I've just received my IBM clone F62 keyboard (by eclipse). Some keys do not actuate so I suspect that the spring aren't in right place. I took the keycap out and then put it back, with few random tries the spring is in right place. Is there any guide on how to get the spring in correct postion upon being pressed down by the keycap? This whole trial and error is driving me nut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEm2mewsmrA&t=143s

When you're installing the caps, you want the board oriented like in the above video. The spring should sit straight, but as close to the 12 o'clock position within the barrel as possible. If it isn't sitting pretty close to that position, you may need to adjust the spring. There are a bunch of ways that have been suggested to do this. I jam some thin needle nose pliers down into the barrel and grasp the spring relatively close to where it attaches to the flipper and try to compress the spring as evenly as possible so as to help realign it. If trying that a few times doesn't seem to help, I believe that Ellipse also suggests pulling the spring off and reversing it. I have done this with needle nose pliers as well.

[AJM]

So far I have experience only with the original buckling springs keyboards, but it should be the same:
Hold the keyboard in the way, that its cable points straight downwards. If you press in the keycaps in that position, it should work fine.

[joneslee85]

Great thanks, it works