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How to put space bar on Apple IIe
Posted by: Richard on 2009-05-23 10:57:48
I just washed all of my IIe's keys. All of them went back fine except the space bar. I do not know how to put it back on. How do you do it?

Posted by: luddite on 2009-05-23 13:39:35
I just washed all of my IIe's keys. All of them went back fine except the space bar. I do not know how to put it back on. How do you do it?
I'm going from memory, but I think you have to put the metal spring into the bar and then hook it into the keyboard, then push the bar down onto the posts. It's a fiddly job IIRC.

Posted by: Dog Cow on 2009-05-26 14:26:49
I leave the keys around the space bar (generally the open-apple and closed-apple keys) off until I get the space bar on. That leaves some room for fiddling the metal bar on. The bar slips into the base of the plastic posts.

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