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First casualty in the family tonight...

 

I was getting tired of the Zeals I had in my backspace and escape key, so I decided tonight to replace the switches inside them to my beloved lubed Teals, thought it would be an easy process, but I ran into what can only be described as staring death in the face.

I was trying to pull the tabs on the Zeal housing and I somehow managed to bend the top housing's tab...

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While I did eventually get it out, this poor little Zealio was not looking too pretty. The top housing was warping all over the place and one leg had actually snapped off. It was horrific to see it.

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I did manage to get the top housing free from the bottom housing, but unfortunately the top housing was far too gone for it to be salvaged. Its mounting tab had been bent inwards, and one of the legs had snapped. I can't believe this happened. That's a $1 switch and somehow I managed to wreck it from what what would have been a simple key switch swap.

I'm obviously going to keep the stem and spring for later use, but as for the housing, this thing can rest in peace.

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I guess the PSA here is to be extremely careful when removing switches from sockets, otherwise you're going to ruin your $1 switch and be left with only a stem and a spring.

  1. The Sloth

    The Sloth

    Whats your main mech keyboard? 

     

    what would you consider endgame? 

     

     

    i was thinking of building this, what do you think? 

     

    DZ60RGB ANSI Hot Swap PCB

    Kailh Pro Purple switches

    Alu plate and plastic case 

    GMK Screw-in Stabs

    DSA Retro Beige 

  2. Cyberspirit

    Cyberspirit

    Oh no, how did that happen? Did the switch get stuck or something?

  3. b emoji

    b emoji

    Which switch puller are you using? I would recommend you get a better one, Rama is releasing one soon https://ramaworks.store/products/switchpuller-xo. 

  4. jiyeon

    jiyeon

    I'm just using the one I bought from KBDfans, the combo keycap-keyswitch puller, it does the job, I just think I was a little heavy-handed, @b emoji.

     

    My guess is that I probably latched onto the wrong area of the housing and split the housing instead of catching the underside, I could hear the wrong plastic bending so at that point, it was already too late, @Cyberspirit. :(

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