So hello again,
I took appart and reassembled my Amiga 500 since it looked like a garbage, and the keys were full of dirt and dust. I had to take care of it. And so did I. But I can't seem to be able to put the shift's stabilizet back properly. How to do it?
I have not seen that particular keyboard, but look closely at the switch body. Some NMB Hi-Teks have tiny grooves or slots for the wires to sit in, while others don't. As I recall, they are otherwise interchangeable and it is hard to see the difference.
I don't have that particular keyboard but on my ICL DRS keyboard the spacebar key has the wire under the switch like so
underside of the spacebar
Spoiler:
If your shift key is similar the easiest way to put back the stabilizer wire is to insert the wire on one side and then use some tweezers or a screwdriver to guide it onto the other hole. It should look like this
Then you just slide the keycap over the switch and press down
Hope it helps
Spoiler:
For comparison here is the shift key on my board
(Those plastic tabs where the wire clamps to are very fragile and don't need much force to break...)
The shift keys on that board are different from the spacebar for stabilizers. Generally, the stabilizer on a function key is attached to the switch hooks on the side of the switch housing and pressed between the switch and the plate.
From my understanding you would have to de-solder the switch. When I get home I will have to double check.
One would think there's a trick, because from a production point of view, the standard would be that the switches are soldered to the pcb and later in the production the keycaps are applied. It would have made the production process more expensive if the complication was introduced where one switch needed to be soldered on by a machine while carrying a huge space bar.
