{"id":921,"date":"2014-04-01T10:46:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T15:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2014-04-23T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T15:24:09","slug":"fixing-a-squeaky-mbp-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/?p=921","title":{"rendered":"Fixing a squeaky MBP button"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had previously covered how my early MBP Retina (early 2013) had a squeaky command button <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/?p=867\">here<\/a>. Since the command buttons (\u2318) and the space bar have a metal stabilization bar built-in, these keys tend to squeak.<\/p>\n<p>After investigating quite extensively, I could not find a good information source on how to get rid of the squeak. The last thing I wanted to do, was to take it back to Apple, as this machine has been replaced twice previously, and going through that experience with something as fuzzy as a keyboard squeak did not appeal to me, despite the fact the machine was still under warranty.<\/p>\n<p>During my investigation, I found out that how the keys can be removed as shown in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LCT-CldP_r4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daskeyboard.com\/blog\/fix-that-squeaky-key-on-your-mechanical-keyboard\/\">here<\/a>, it is documented well that one should use White Lithium Grease as a lubricant to prevent damaging plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with this information, I acquired a can of\u00a0White Lithium Grease from a local automotive store for less than $6. I popped the key as shown in the above video. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none;margin: 0px 10px\" alt=\"detail\" src=\"http:\/\/ethnosync.com\/files\/keyboard\/Detail.jpg\" width=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I sprayed a tiny quantity of lube on a card-board. Then using the tip of a needle, I applied minute quantites of the grease in the key where metal interfaces with plastic, suspecting those areas. However, the squeak remained. Subsequently, I discovered what was squeaking by side-loading the white plastic piece in the middle, and operating it up and down, scissors fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Then I applied miniscule amounts of grease in the areas shown below, including the microscopic hinge in the middle of the scissors mechanism on both sides. I removed the excess grease by using a cotton swab, reassembled the key. And no more squeak.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px 10px\" alt=\"detail\" src=\"http:\/\/ethnosync.com\/files\/keyboard\/Lube.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a92014 EthnoSync.com. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7338556709983307\";\n\/* ArticleBanner *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0441375625\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had previously covered how my early MBP Retina (early 2013) had a squeaky command button here. Since the command buttons (\u2318) and the space bar have a metal stabilization bar built-in, these keys tend to squeak. After investigating quite extensively, I could not find a good information source on how to get rid of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,121],"tags":[177,187,165],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-apple","category-hardware","tag-apple","tag-hardware","tag-keyboard-squeak","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}