deskthority

I turned my model F left shift from whatever it was before (1.5 width maybe?) to a standard Model M left shift key. I did this by taking out the barrel spring and flipper of the neighboring barrel and inserting the Model M stabilizer peg thing into that barrel. It works well if hit straight on but if I hit the key towards the outside or bottom corner there is too much resistance to press the key. Does anyone have any ideas on how to address this? Thanks!!

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Definitely want to make sure that you used the horizontal stabilzer rather than a vertical one. I believe the horizontal ones have the indent exactly in the center whereas vertical stabilizers are off center and only work if in the right orientation. Not sure I see the pictures in your post to confirm that. Also you'll want to make sure that you've completely removed the hammer/spring from that spot if you didn't already. i've thought about just removing the spring for a quick conversion, and I can tell you that doesn't work. A small amount of lubricant on the peg that glides down the stabilizer on the M keycap usually will smooth things out a little more too.

These pictures shows the two styles of stabilizers and how they have to be placed, note the vertical one is rotated 180° depending on if it's installed for an ISO Enter key or on the outer edge of the numpad.