Broken spacebar clip on mech keyboard

GrayFox-

50 Posts

January 21 2013 04:42 GMT

So one of the clips in my spacebar on my mech keyboard broke and is now lost. So only one side has the clip that holds the spacebar down. I was wondering if there's anywhere you can buy replacement clips or if there's anything else I could use to potentially fix it DIY-style.

Here's 2 pics I took of it. In the first one you can see the spacebar is fucked up. The second one you can see on the right side that the clip is still there but the left one isn't. Sorry the pics are sideways IDK how that happened :\

http://imgur.com/76p5w5H,aus1B7y#0

WTFZerg

United States704 Posts

January 21 2013 05:36 GMT

I had the same problem. What I ended up doing was taking one of the clips off the Numpad 0 key. 0 key still works fine and the spacebar is back to normal.

Alternatively, if it's a costar stabilizer, you can buy them here.

edit: Oh, damn. You actually broke the keyboard, not the clip on the spaceboard cap? Owch. I don't know about that...

OptimusYale

Korea (South)1005 Posts

January 21 2013 05:54 GMT

Maybe you can make a DIY clip with a paper clip or something that you can bend into place to make a clip? Bit of plastic or something like that?

GrayFox-

50 Posts

January 21 2013 06:13 GMT

On January 21 2013 14:54 OptimusYale wrote:
Maybe you can make a DIY clip with a paper clip or something that you can bend into place to make a clip? Bit of plastic or something like that?

I think paper clips would be too thin... I'm not too creative either in this department :[

SoulWager

United States464 Posts

January 21 2013 07:19 GMT

Can you take a better photo of the bit that broke off? Like, the side that isn't broken, and the place where it broke off from.

Blaec

Australia4289 Posts

January 21 2013 07:56 GMT

Need a better picture to confirm, but I don't think there is much to be done. You can't repair plastic.

Ropid

Germany3557 Posts

January 21 2013 09:50 GMT

For now, you can use the parts from a key you rarely use, like from somewhere on the Num Pad. You can buy new parts here: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keyboard-parts-1.html

Blaec

Australia4289 Posts

January 21 2013 10:18 GMT

Actually this might be what you are looking for

GrayFox-

50 Posts

January 22 2013 00:22 GMT

On January 21 2013 19:18 Blaec wrote:
Actually this might be what you are looking for

yes! that's exactly it! thanks man!

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