How to install a single key on T41 keyboard?

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getsandy · #1 Post by **getsandy** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:04 am

Hi All,

Today my daughter pulled out a single key from my T41 (Key E).

All the Key parts are there.

But how to reassemble these parts and install the key?

Thanks
Sandy

yeohkt · #2 Post by **yeohkt** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:19 am

I installed a single "backspace" key b4. took me 2 weeks to get it fix.(as one of the leg broke ). got a spare key.

u need to put the main spring part into the keyboard and push the "top cap" all the way in.

getsandy · #3 Post by **getsandy** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:23 am

Thanks for the reply.

Do u have any manual / photos about assembling it?

Thanks
Sandy

#4 Post by **richk** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:23 am

It is hard to figure out from looking at the pieces. What I did the first time was to use the tip of a knife to pry off a second key carefully, so the mechanism remained on the keyboard. I could then examine how it went together. I remember the event, because when I put it back together, I put the keys on the wrong places and my keyboard had two keys reversed, until I fixed it again.

sktn77a · #5 Post by **sktn77a** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:11 pm

It's not easy (took the person above two weeks to do it!) and if any of the arms/pins on the attachments are broken it basically can't be fixed without replace the entire key assembly (they are on e-bay, along with instructions). IBM/Lenovo don't even recognize the repair and just replace the complete keyboard if it's under warranty.

Nick Y · #6 Post by **Nick Y** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:28 pm

Keys often come off my daughters keyboard. From my last session replacing a key, I noted that the keys seem slide on from the rear of the keyboard. This made me think that, having longish nails, she was effectively over-shooting the keys with her fast typing and pushing the keys towards the screen and therefore they would occasionally come off. Hence I am trying to get her to push down on the keys rather than across, if you see what I mean.

Btw, make sure that you don't lose the rubber 'cup' that sites between cap and board. They do come off, but I managed very carefully to superglue it back on again and all seems OK.

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:11 pm

See if this thread is any help: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=6748

jamnkats · #8 Post by **jamnkats** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:48 pm

Here is a You Tube video that might help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JoG-7a6QUY

How to install a single key on T41 keyboard?

How to install a single key on T41 keyboard?

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