Apple M0116 Keyboard Space Bar Question

[terrpn]

ok...........so i picked up the above keyboard and it was really dirty. took it all apart, got keys soaking, oxy-cleaning the front and back lid

of course the space bar was more yellow than the other keys, so i gently removed and seeing there is like a barrel along the left side- kind of like the model m barrel where there is a shaft on the left side of the space bar that inserts into the barrel along with the alps switch when you reinsert the space bar

my question is was there a "spring" in that barrel?

i can't tell and thought i remember maybe hearing something about it on here? don't remember

[Findecanor]

I think that the barrel is just there to add stability to the space bar. The Enter key of the M0118 has a similar shaft.

[terrpn]

I think that the barrel is just there to add stability to the space bar. The Enter key of the M0118 has a similar shaft.

thank you................., thank you- thank you!!

wow...........thanks guys for the quick response

to bad the person sent the wrong cable with the keyboard. they sent a "8" pin versus a "4" pin.