rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Oh, one other thing I should mention -- on most keyboards (at least the ones > I've cleaned) there are some metal pieces (essentially springs) under many of > the larger (wider) keys. I am pretty sure they are intended to allow > pressing > either end (or the center) of those long keys (e.g., the space bar). >
They're called stabilizers, and they usually click into the keyswitch and slide into the keycap left-right. You may want a thin poking device -- like an unwound paperclip -- to help spread them as you replace the keycap. -dsr-
