Dude, as a newbie in this mecha community, I just want to say that, you're saving me a lot of time and money. I tuned my stabs, and those tick sound persisted. Not rattly, but tick that made me crazt. I was thinking to re-tune my stabs all over again or buy a new set of stabs. It all changed after I saw your video. Now I can sleep in peace. Many thanks dude (edit, after hours of experimenting): the tick sound is caused by the tip of the stabs wire 'wiggle' inside the stem housing when we soft tap the edge of the keycaps. that wiggle creating friction, hence the tick sound. adding the small amount of foam like this dude recommend, prevent the wiggle, eliminating the tick sound. but the downsides are, the bottoming in and out become very mushy. I found out another solutions, covering the tips of the wire using 1 layer medical tape or plumbing tape (a.k.a the noob version of holee mod). it works. OR using a large amount of thick lube (like permatex) on the tips and stem hole also works.

That moment when you see the exact video you need on your sub feed...

I did this with a small piece of paper because i was desperate and it actually worked. It sounds slightly quieter, but no complaints since I've kind of wanted my keyboard to be quieter. Thanks!

did you mean on top of the wire? under the clone stab? or literally under the wire

you can afford to put more dielectric grease, especially on the portion of the wire that is inside the moving part of the stabilizers. this makes the wire not rattle inside the stabilizer (the main cause of the rattling). the rest of the mods really only work when you bottom out, which is a lot more effort. using the sharp tool, lift the opposite end of the stabilizer such that you can see the ends of the wire, and coat it in the grease. alternatively, dip the end of the wire into the grease beforehand.

My keyboard was very vitamin deficient recently, thanks for the tip!

Who could've realized, that this easy fix could solve my months long issue of getting tired from stabilizer rattle! Amazing video and thank you for this great tip! I was literally about to throw the keyboard away and now it sounds so good....

I'd love if you do a video about how to lube MX-like switches. Keep up your great work.

I love how this pops up as soon as im having trouble with my spacebar. No history of looking this up and then it pops up on my reccomended. KZfaq IS LISTENING!!!

OMG THANK YOU! I've tried so many things, and this is what silenced my spacebar the most!

You dont actually have to buy the sponge wedges just go to a store with a makeup section and find the spot were they do salon stuff and snag up some sponges

Here’s what I found out, you don’t need to use the make up sponges or whatever he used all you need to use is a paper towel cut in the slim slice and then fold it over once it should be just thin enough we’re still loose and can get in but also it’s very quiet.

just fixed all my rattle by supergluing the plastic holders that hold the stabilizing wire (directly to the keyboard deck). sounds very nice now:)

I appreciate this video so much. I really didn't know what to do to fix my rattling keys because I'm not knowledgeable about this stuff at all, but this worked like a charm even without the grease! I cut up a facemask instead of using a sponge lmao thanks covid

now all we need in this channel is a shitload of vintage keyboards. cause who doesn't?

I find using some soft rubberized floss picks do wonders for getting the grease up in the stabliizers. I skipped the sponge step and got the grease up underneath the wires where the stabilizer sits and it's a million times smoother. I think one thing to mention with this method is that some of the tactility is dampened a little bit while you wait for the grease to disperse a little better, and in my case, my Kailh Burnt Oranges felt a bit like linears for a while afterwards

Your trick worked really well on my keeb, I used the foam from a GPU box. Working perfectly so far.

Yo I actually found another way to eliminate the rattling sounds, if you have a pre-soldered PCB. Look up Acrylic Tape (They are thick rubbery, non-conductive transparent tapes that doesn't wear out overtime, or stick to any surfaces, which is a good material to absorb vibrations from the metal bars to the PCB). I wedged a small tiny piece perfect enough to fit under the plate, but right next to the metal bars, just outside the stabilizer. That helped me eliminate most rattle! If you clip and lube it, it will just 100% remove any rattles.

your video helped me a lot. been trying to fix the one sided rattling on my spacebar for a while now. thank you!!!!

Thanks for this! I'm currently waiting for this exact keyboard from Massdrop and was worrying about that rattling after your last video.

Thank you. This video is the only one that helped me remove the slap space in the Dark Project KD87A keyboard

some stabilizer rattle is caused by the plastic housing being too small for the plate, leading to looseness (I'm looking at you Pok3r RGB). You can tell if you have this just by wiggling a finger on top of your key without even pressing it down, if it rattles, that means it's not tight enough on the plate. I have found adding bits of scotch tape on the tops and bottoms holds these 'loose' stabilizers down and prevents them from rattling.

This is really good and it’s kind of like the hole mod just without desoldering

Keyboards be like: All keys: silent Spacebar: very loud that you can wake up the entire neighborhood

This did help me fix my own space bar.

Found something similar to this but they were using band-aid instead. I don't have one but jamming a thin piece of duct tape worked for me.

Excellent stuff as usual. Congrats on the 10k.

Broooo the foam under the stab work so well thank you so much

my spacebar now sounds "muted", but has a mushy feeling sometimes, its really extrange, i love the sound but the feeiling is weird. edit: putting the foam under the wire instead of on top got rid of the feeling. my bad.

This works but watch out because you can get the foam stuck under the stabilizers and you might not be able to get them out

I didn't add grease but I did place the foam on top of the stabilizer wire thing and it sounds great what a giant difference

Just used a random sponge, and some silicone grease. Easy, and worked suber well.

Thanks for this video,definetly will try cause my spacebar is rattling like hell. EDIT: My spacebar is a lot quieter after following this tutorial thanks a lot mate!

Once installed, Cherry stabs are hard to lube. Thanks for making this video. I've never actually used the sponges before.

THANK YOU SIR, you saved my life

2:18 - I though we we're gonna into a beat there for a second

is there anyway to take out these sponges once you've put em in?

i love u. going to try this. first time ever soldered my pok3r with gateron white switches and the keyboard is just too loud that people from downstairs can hear me typing. been using it like this for years since other videos tell you u need to desolder again to lube properly or change the crappy stabs but this should do!

It's not annoying it's amazing

i got some better stabs first then i got some good lubing kits for the switches and also for the spacebar and now the spacebar sound way better than it did before i recommend if you want a really nice sound then you go get some new stabs that are better than the ones you have got right now

there is a technique that completely eliminates rattling stab called HOLEE BANDAID MOD people. Search it up

You just earned my sub. This worked like a charm for me . My brown switch keyboard now sound like it should ; silent.

subscribed. Very informative material with chill music and no bloaty bs inbetween. Keep it up.

Thanks! Looked at several videos how to do this and they all required a bunch of tools I didn't have. This was simple and didn't require any supernatural tools and it worked!

thanks this fixed the annoying steelseries apex 7 spacebar rattle

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Your tone @ 1:44 instantly won me and I am clicking Subscribe in 5..4..3..2..

I did this without the grease and the sponge thing, all i did was cut a very small sliver of tissue out and did that samething with the sponge in the video it actually kind of works

I have a problem,with my keyboard, the right part of my spacebar has the little switch up and I don't know how to put it down. Because of this, I have a slanted keyboard which is pretty uncomfortable. I have a corsair mk2 rapidfire.

this helped me alot, but a tip i have for other people is not to use too much foam, because that can stop the spacebar from coming back up after pressed.

rhinofeed is handsome!

found a even better way to do this with old pair of iPhone headphones. i cut them in half pulled the cable out so i had the rubber housing cut that in half and then slid it under the stabliser arm mainly so if i ever need to remove it i can easilyworks like a gem

will try out the sponge thing on my anne pro2 tomorrow i think. What allready helped a ton was flipping one side up with that little nib and put some band aid in between so the stabs had no wiggleroom left. The spacesbar sounds okay by any means in comparison to pretty much all keyboards you can buy in local stores but its still far from perfect. What i noticed was that theee stab rattl sound mainly comes of the right side for me and touching that little cross with your finger makes it jump around on the wire quite a bit so the sponge hack might just do the trick there. Alltho next month or so i ll desolder it anyways for different switches and then i ll fix the stabs or put different stabs in anyways but you know... thats the thing with keyboards, ''good enough'' is just a temporary thing, once you know it COULD sound better...you want it to sound better

My switches feel like they been too less pressure to work

oh my god this video just saved my sanity. awesome man!!

Hey Rhino (or anyone else), can you tell me how long this "Lube" mod works? I mean is this something that is realistic in that it can go years. Or are we talking about having to re-lube this every other week, (meanwhile all this lube continues to fall on your PCB). Thanks

i did this and i think it worked my space bar is quite but i had to shuv a lot of stuff to get it this way will it mess anything up?

When input the foam in, is it possible to take it back out if anything goes wrong?

how do you place the foam things without them totally restricting regular stab movement?

Mine just sounds deeper, not rattlier, can I get se help

I put a piece of carpet gripper in my space bar, it wasn’t rattling, it was just loud. (It worked)

That little black cross on my stabilizer came off with my space bar key cap and it won’t go back on correctly now

Good morning Rhino. Any new experiences with this method? I will try it myself. Maybe you have something new you want to share with us?

just wondering, would a skewer (wooden) be pointy enough?

My sponges have gone M.I.A. …I can’t see them under the stabs anymore - well at least they are dampening something, somewhere in the keyboard haha

Works wonderfully!

I did this without the grease, but used the exact same sponges from Walmart. They're actually more like $2, but that's whatever. I can say that this slightly helped, but it's definitely not "fixed by any means. I'm going to try and put another square piece in from the top as well and see if that helps. I'm also slightly worried that the sponges will move around after a while and get lost within the keyboard somewhere, never to be found again. But oh well.. I'm doing this on a HyperX Alloy Elite RGB with upgraded double-shot PBT keycaps. So it's not the most expensive keyboard in the world. But It's definitly not cheap either. I'm into this thing, just under $200. So anything to fix the rattle helps. But they should have just used quality stabilizers for that much money tbh...

Worked great on my ducky shine 7, thank you!

..."get from your sister"....uhuh...I had to wrestle my spawn for one, it was bleating at me for days and secretly tied one of my socks in a knot so when i put it on i fell over. But spacebar doesn't wobble anymore. Worth it.

Does it absolutely have to be that exact type of grease and sponge?

worked great on my anne pro 2

I applied the same Dielectric Grease in the 2 areas he suggested, which helped. What really helped, was under the plastic stabilizer where the steel stabilizer rod goes into. I noticed slightly touching the keycap, the steel stabilizer rod would slap onto the plastic stabilizer insert, where the end of the steel rod gets inserted into the plastic stab part? If that's what's called? Applied a little more on the left plastic stabilizer and it helped. Question though, will dirt, dust stick to the grease and give it problems? If so, would cleaning it be a problem?

as a guy without a keycap puller and unable to pull out the switches for the bandaid mod. You earned a sub

one of my space bars stabilizers is fucked up and is slow to pop back up, REALLY slow! I popped off the space bar and the right stabilizer is very firm. How do I fix a sticky stabilizer?

This worked wonderfully, thanks for sharing.

Hey, please, tell me, what music do you use as the background? And thank you for the video, you helped me a lot =)

Ty Men! i try on my cougar vantage mx, an awesome Kb. But the space bar rattling a little. Now its silent, and with a little pressure it work. TY

Do you think this would help prevent the spacebar coming loose from the stabilizers?

Looks useful, need to try it out. Subscribed!

can you do a video on how to fix or reduce pinging resonance?

Do you think a normal piece of sponge would do the job?

It really fixed thank you !!

this actually works! thanks man

Now my spacebar doesnt bottom out, and i cant get the foam out xd. What to do?

Absolutely do not put cut up sponges into the stabilizer housing. I did this after watching this video and after a few months it just dries out and crumbles away leaving crap all over your PCB and inside the keyboard. Look up "How to Clip, Lube, and Band-aid Mod Your Stabilizers" by Taeha Types for a more comprehensive method for eliminating rattling.

Expected to find a lubing video... found the solution that 13 year old me would have tried!

I would be eternally grateful if you could make a video on how to fix the stabilizer spring. My enterkey is kaput.

Hey dude im a newbie mysp-ace bar broke something the plus sign when you are gonnna put the spacekey caps

Little pieces of sound absorption foam work as well

thanks a lot you helped me solving this stupid problem

it worked out perfect, thanks man!

Is dielectric grease basically silicone grease?

Cool stuff! Congrats on 10 k subs. Do you think maybe you could do more videos on PBT keycaps? I'm trying to find really cheap preferably side printed keycaps for my TOMOKO 87 key.

than you internet stranger i needed this

Can I use vassalen?

Do you need the grease or is it just a recommendation to make it sound and function smoother?

I lubed my stabilisers with dialectric grease two months back and they seem to be ratteling again. The less used right enter on my 100% board sounds considerable thokier

It would be cool if you could look into some old SKCM ALPS keyboards. Thanks for the useful video!

Im pretty late to this vid, but thanks for this guide. Snagged the items in your vid and fixed my keyboard as well.

I'm going to post this comment a lot more times: The intro music is sooo good!