Broke Cherry Stab During First Build

[agHalides]

Hey all - so everything was going along just swimmingly when building my "Satan GH60" until I attempted to pull my Tai-Hao Carbon Black spacebar...

This could be a defect with the keycap itself, because that particular slot on the keycap (furthest on the right) was EXTREMELY tight - so much so that while attempting to remove it, I broke the right stabilizer.

I'm currently using plate mounted Cherry switches, with PCB mounted Cherry stabilizers - the inner piece with the tiny legs of one of my spacebar stabilizers broke. I managed to reassemble everything but I know 100% that if I were to remove the spacebar again, I'd probably need pliers to pull the stab out of the stupid spacebar. So I have a few questions:

What's the best way to replace the stab and quiet down the keyboard if I want to stick with Cherry stabs? My plate supports plate-mounted stabilizers, but I've never had experience with those either.

Secondly, how can I possibly loosen up the opening on the spacebar itself to prevent this from happening again? It may have been a manufacturing defect...

Best,
David

[xondat]

Sounds like a defect.

If you can pull the stab housing/part out of the hole in the plate, then do so. But you probably can't, so it would require taking the plate off... I don't think I need to say more apart from it's a pain it the butt.

[agHalides]

Ugh, I'll contact KBP to see if he can help me out. It's not his fault but I'm blaming Tai-Hao here, since it's made by them.

But, going with another set of Cherry stabs - would you all recommend going with PCB mount again or Plate this time around? I'd like to optimize the feel of the spacebar, as it sounds so damn terrible compared to how 'thocky' and solid the other keys feel.