Also had to lube my ninja (just recently) as backspace was squeaky (I don't use it much due to colemak). While not yet had to lube my cm storm, just luck of the draw it seems. Anyway removing stabilizer key wasn't even hard, just fiddly. Love the keyboard, although somehow the space bar is dead silent compared to my noppoo and cm storm which both seem to 'clatter' for lack of a better word.