lost topre stabilizer spring

[billm]

Hey Guys-
Just got my realforce 86u back from a friend that borrowed it for a year or so, and I went to clean it and the stabilizer spring flew out when I pulled the spacebar off.

Anybody know where to get another one? Not even sure if they're unique, or if I could just find something at the hardware store.

It's in here somewhere. I'll have to crawl every inch of the floor.

[xondat]

You can't get another one unfortunately. Best get looking

[billm]

Just as with women, you can always get another one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-20g-Spacebar-Spring-for-Topre-Mechanical-Keyboards-Realforce-HHKB/323223933692?hash=item4b41a5d2fc:g:qKcAAOSwepla307x

I went over every inch of this room with a rolling magnetic pickup. Nothing. The spring is magnetic too, I tested on one from a different board. I wonder if it got stuck in the dog's fir and she deposited it elsewhere...

[tp4tissue]

Just as with women, you can always get another one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-20g-Spacebar-Spring-for-Topre-Mechanical-Keyboards-Realforce-HHKB/323223933692?hash=item4b41a5d2fc:g:qKcAAOSwepla307x

I went over every inch of this room with a rolling magnetic pickup. Nothing. The spring is magnetic too, I tested on one from a different board. I wonder if it got stuck in the dog's fir and she deposited it elsewhere...

The Misogyny is Strong with this one.

[billm]

I don't think you understand what misogyny means.

[billm]

Woo! Found it. Removed all the rugs and furniture from the room, and rolled over it with the magnetic pickup again, and there it was.

[madhias]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-20g-Spacebar-Spring-for-Topre-Mechanical-Keyboards-Realforce-HHKB/323223933692?hash=item4b41a5d2fc:g:qKcAAOSwepla307x

Thanks for the link!

[Findecanor]

I don't think you understand what misogyny means.

It means that you don't think that the Ghostbusters (2016) remake is a good movie. :-þ

[killyou]

I don't think you understand what misogyny means.

It means that you don't think that the Ghostbusters (2016) remake is a good movie. :-þ

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Hyde]

LOL to be honest, I was gonna say just use it without the spring.  For every Topre keyboard I owned, the first thing I do is always take out the spring.

It just makes the spacebar too heavy and I like the 45g weight. 

[MGMorden]

One of my other hobbies is firearms where there are also a lot of springs that can go flying when dissassembling/cleaning.  I've learned that for certain things I go into the hallway with wooden floors to work on it.  If anything goes flying there's nowhere for it to hide . 

[madhias]

Funny, later that day when I posted here thanks for the ebay link, I found the spring from my HHKB in a keycapbox after searching months for it! So maybe this is a feature of that thread? Posting missing things and finding them magically afterwards?

LOL to be honest, I was gonna say just use it without the spring.  For every Topre keyboard I owned, the first thing I do is always take out the spring.

It just makes the spacebar too heavy and I like the 45g weight. 

Hm, I remember doing the same why I removed it once, but now with the spring and freshly greased stabilizers the spacebar is totally smooth and awesome.