GMMK PRO | STICKY G.O.A.T STABS (MOD AND FIX)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ย. 2021
- Hey guys! It's been 2 months since the last video 😶 But here it is, another keyboard fix video for you guys, hope you find it helpful. 😀
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GMMK PRO (barebone + custom build)
Boba U4T (62g)
GBPT Ocean Keycaps
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All these band aids, micropore tape, tweezers, alcohol swab cleaning, I could have studied to become a nurse. But no, here I am taking apart my keyboard.
Lol. Keyboards needs it too. 😄
The full 40 seconds of sticky stabs in the beginning nearly gave me an anxiety attack. But that made the ending all the more satisfying. Great guide!
Thank you so much! I hope Glorious will make a comeback gmmk 2 pro in the future because there are lots of good budget 75% full aluminum keyboard in the market right now that is half the price and way better than the gmmk pro. :)
I ran into this exact problem today whilst modding my Keychron Q1. Kept thinking I'd overruled the stabs and couldn't work out why I wasn't able to fix the issue - until I watched your vid and realized I was solving the wrong thing. So thanks!
As someone who just now ordered their GMMK Pro and is super nervous to mod stabs as I’m a newbie, this was awesome! Thanks so much!
You'll be fine my friend. Keep in mind that if you have the budget, go get a better stabs right away. GOAT stabs are just okay but not great even if you mod it. :(
Big mistake, should have went for the Q1 instead
@@meowmaple ngl my GMMK pro has been fantastic!
@@meowmaple mid
@@jtechmkb when putting in new stabs should I leave that rubber part in? is there a separate thing i should replace it with? im doing my first build rn too haha
This is literally the most useful stabilizer mod video I’ve ever watched. Dude you make excellent keeb content ⌨️
Thank you so much my friend! Stay safe! :)
this tape mod saved my life! had a sticky spacebar that went 110% better after this. thx
Thanks for this. The enter key is the only thing that's having issues. I'm going to see over a few days of playing if this stops happening. If not, I'm going to follow your guide :)
I litterally have the Durock V2's in a bag, I am just too lazy lmao! Thank you for the great video!
Haha. Be sure to holee mod them before installing. 👍
Finally, the goat stabs live up to its name.
Actually, I didn’t replace the pads and it’s still such a good feeling smhw for the first build I ever made
Thanks, worked, much better now
Nice!😄
Interesting, I've only seen people lube and holee mod Durock stabs or the like. Sounds real good though, GJ!
thanks man!
Mine do that with Durok V2s!!! Because I used the gaskets that came with them? (like you did in this vid). My GMMK Pro did not have that pad under the GOATs. I just got it a week ago, over lubed the stabs by shooting lube in so I replaced them with Duroks
Thanks this helped alot!
Glad it helped!
Nice. I thought the stabs didn't look too hideous - so I'm definitely going to try this, rather than spend £20 on new Durock ones - which I'd probably end up needing to mod slightly anyway.
It's actually a decent stabs. Just tune it properly. :)
you're the goat
Nah.. you're the goat my friend! :D
Yeah these stabs are straight up stuffed. Mine legit would stay down for a good 2 seconds.
Hey dude nice vid! Just one question, I some Everglide pandas mountplate stabs and can't seem to make them work, they do decent being stock and then start to get stuck when I holee mod + lube it. Any recommendations? Maybe I'm lubing wrong spots or putting too much/not enough lube?
Hey man! What version is it? V3? And was it a plate mounted stabs or pcb mounted? Because gmmk pro only use pcb mounted stabs..
@@jtechmkb sorry, I'm not using a gmmk pro, I'm using a budget plate mounted stabs
Oh.. okay.. just make sure you mounted them the right way. Also, when you do holee mod, don't over lube the wires. Sometimes the holee mod isn't recommended when the holes of the stem is too small. It will just limit the movement of the wire. Hope this helps man. :)
@@jtechmkb THIS definetely help, doing the holee mod a little bit thiner and not overlubing the wires helped to get decent stabs, not mushy, doesnt rattle, they dont sound super good but they re amazing to type with. Thanks a lot and really hope this helps to a lot of people!
Thanks for the video! Say I wanted to just fix the stabs and wasn't too bothered with the mods. Can I just wipe the stabs with alcohol, relube and just reinstall? I don't even want to change the pad at the bottom as I have no idea where to locate the item you used in the UK
Glad it helped. But yeah, you can just do that. You may either cover the rubber pads with a bandaid if you want that soft feel or just remove it. That's the only thing that causes the stickiness. Relubing is not necessary unless you want to. :)
@@jtechmkb Ahh! I may look at that option then. I do want to relube as I am using Gateron Black at the minute and wanted the pandas, which are much cheaper to be unlubed...so will spend an afternoon doing the stabs and the switches
Nice! Which gateron? Just the black or black inks? Have fun relubing my friend!👌
@@jtechmkb Just black. I'm a newb so knowing the difference between the two isn't straight forward for me :)
@@ea3527 I see. Alright then, enjoy my friend! ⌨️👌
the mircopore tape was genius
If you do it right then yeah it's a great way to eliminate annoying rattle/ticking 😄
Awesome Video man!
Do you think i can just use masking tape instead?
Hey thanks! Masking tape won't work, you can just use a band aid instead. Masking tape work's on a tapemod. :)
@@jtechmkb gotcha, thank you for still answering questions, you‘re awesome man.
Anytime my friend! Have fun modding your keyb! 😄👍
You said you can use bandaide cut outs as stabs? Is that just to dampen? I’ve removed all but little traces of the lube. Glad I know now it’s the stabs. Even though I cleaned them. My space bar is the only culprit for sticking
Yeah that's the purpose of the bandaid cut outs. I hope you removed all the rubber like pads on the pcb.
instead of using the micropore tape, is masking tape a good alternative?
What you would mostly like to be looking for is something that is relatively thin but isn't to sticky. There is a pretty unknown mod that people have done that involves food wrap on the wires similar to what is shown in the video. Masking tape doesn't seem like the best option because in my experience it is quite thick, but I am not 100% sure on that because I haven't tried. So just a breakdown I think that food wrap or plastic wrap (some people call it different things) and maybe even some scotch tape if you can find it thin enough. I haven't tried these so I am not certain but I am just giving my input, I hope this helps :)
hey i had to do this to fix mine but lost one of the many screws to the pcb in the process, it was one of the screws that holds the pcb to the plate. I reassembled the board fine and it works normal now but will my board ever mess up in the future since I dont have that screw in ?
No, it won't. It will be just fine :)
Hi, do you think I could remove the rubber pads and leave it empty? Or should I cover it with bandaid or the ones you used?
You can leave it empty as long as it is clean. :)
@@jtechmkb update on the situation, I have recently finished mounting the board back, I found that mine did not have the black ones that you removed in the video, so I just cleared the excess lube on the pcb and a bit on the base of the stabs, mounted it back on and it is not sticky anymore, unfortunatelly I am a beginner and I don't know much about sound and feel, I will leave it like that for now
I think you got the new batch of the gmmk pro which is way better than the first releases. Modding is easy and fun (and addictive) be sure to have self-control. Haha. 😆
Hello! Is this a common problem on this keyboard or rare cases? I would like to order it but I'm not sure I want to change the stabs as soon as it arrives
Hey! Yes, the GOAT stabs are not that good, just decent but I believe that they already fixed the issues of their stabs. I guess you just need to add a little bit of lubing. :)
Yes it is, still. Also ISO has the same problem.
Just got my GMMK Pro yesterday and even though Glorious said they fixed this, mine are still sticking. What I'm most likely going to do it get the Brass plate and use their GSV2 stabs. Would that be a good idea?.
Yep, glorious seems to be off lately. :( That's a good idea. What switch are you going to use?
@@jtechmkb I'm using some Akko Jelly Blacks lubed with 205G0
what stabilizer padding did you use to replace the gmmk ones
He used Kbdfans stab tape, however you can just use fabric bandaid and spread a little lube on them, works for me.
kbdfans or any generic cloth tape should work :)
If using the KBDFans stab tape do you really need to lube the top of it them or are they designed to just work by themselves?
-hi, I want to consult about stuck/mushy stabs.
So, I've bought the Durock Transparent Clear stabs (plate mount), it turns out that this Transparent Clear variant is a bit different than the Smokey Black and Tourmaline variant. This one happened to have rails inside of the housing, and the stem legs are shaped similarly to standard prebuilt stock stabs, but thicker so I don't think it's necessary to clip them. While the housings of the smokey black and tourmaline variant doesn't have any rails inside, and their stem legs are completely flat.
Tbh, the rails are indeed good to reduce the stem vs housing rattle, but it seems to make it a bit stuck when placed at the spacebar as the rails made them too tight. I'm at a loss on how to overcome this. Currently I grabbed a pair of housing and stem from my still-not-used-yet Durock Tourmaline stab just for the spacebar stab. At fist, I thought it was the keycap, then I've also checked the spacebar wire, but then I tried them on four different keyboards of mine and they're all stuck the same due to the railings being too tightly pressed against the stem.
Do you have any suggestions? Thanks
Hey man! sorry for the late reply. Did you find a solution already? make sure you use the durock v2 and usually you will have issues if you are using the brass plate, you may need to file them so it can properly fit.
@@jtechmkb sadly, no. My temporary solution for now is using different housings. I'm using the smokey black for the spacebar now.
It's weird though since this problem is only occuring on the spacebar.
@@hadifelani are you using the stock plate?
@@jtechmkb yea, all 4 of my keyboards tested are using the stock plate.
What stabs do you recommend instead of goat? Im a newbie.
Durock V2 is the best in my opinion. :)
the stabs don’t start sticking until you screw the case back together
thanks for the fun and informative vid! my stabs are gummy as fuck. now i know what to do thank you!
Glad it helped. :) Gmmk pro 2 or the gmmk 2 will be out real soon. I hope they'll do better this time.
i did this and now my enter key is not working anymore some fixes ? i guess it is because i installed the durock v2 stabs and now the pcb is not optimal.. Pls some fixes ?
Yup the Durock v2 won't fit. You need to sand a little bit to fit.
I am going to torture myself by cleaning out the inside and then apply holy mod. I feel like that could be more consistent than the micropore tape wrap. If your one side of micropore is thicker than the other, you might have some symmetry issues.
Yeah, it's hard to remove those lubes. Micropore easier just make sure you wrap it exactly as the other. Holeemod on the other needs a lot of patience and precision. 😁
Hey, I’ve been trying to mod my gmmk pro right, but the screw inside are so tight I can’t unscrew them without bending the plate, what should I do?
ran into the same issue, the best advice i can give is to find a screwdriver head that fits PERFECTLY, because anything else is going to strip the screw.
@@coolaid15972 now I have a new problem lol, I stripped the screw
@@sirsxilent unlucky
@@sirsxilent there are ways to fix it but I ended up drilling through the screws with a small electric drill
Hi thanks for the vid, im going to do the same mod to my gmmk pro becouse its factoy lube sucks xddd.
Happy yo help my friend. Yep, that's the GOAT stabs, go get a better stabs and ditch the goat. :D
Do you need to take off all the switches when taking out your stabs?
Yes you need to but you just take off the whole plate with the switches on it. :)
@@jtechmkb do you know if the durock v2 stabs fit the ISO gmmk pro?
It's basically the same size I think :)
Just change to Durex v2 and you're good to go
You mean Durock V2? Right on! Way way better than this goat stabs. 😁
can I use a bandaid instead of micropore tape?
I'm not sure but you can try. Just don't make it thick though.
@@jtechmkbalright thanks
good sir, i only got the problem by the right side of my spacebar (ducky one 2 mini after lubing) and i have a non-hotswap keyboard and i dont know how to desolder... plis help :< (i can send u a video of it on discord) i'm scared that i messed something up... i used for the stabilisors the permatex dielectric grease the "best lube" for stabilisors
Hey there! Desoldering is easy but it needs a bit of practice and the right tools (I am going to make a content for that so you can follow). You can use the grease to make the sound and feel smoother, just don't overdo it because it would make the stabs slow and a little bit sticky.
@@jtechmkb OK thanks umm i have a friend that can solder/desolder but i have a question... can i change the stabilizors in my ducky one 2 mini like put in a stabilizors that i want or should i put in specific stabilizors?
After thoroughly cleaning the stabs of the spacebar multiple times it somehow still is sticky. How do I fix this? I have been working at this problem for 7 hours today and I am tired. Almost thinking of buying new stabs just so I have clean stabs but I don't know if that is going to fix the issue.
Hey man! did you remove the rubber-like pads underneath the stabs? you should remove that and wipe out some of the lube/grease in the stabs. You should really do that if you plan to keep the stoc stabs. If not, better get a Durock V2 or Everglide V2/V3 stabs, lube and mod it before installing. Hope this helps.
@@jtechmkb So I replaced my spacebar stabs with the stabs from the shift key so I could find out if it was a stab problem or something else. Now the spacebar works perfectly so I now know it is a stabilizers problem. The shift key is now sticky. How do I thoroughly clean the stabs? I have put them I soapy water like 8 times. Brushed them with a toothbrush, cleaned them. But I haven't used alcohol since we don't have that in house. How can I clean them the best way? Nothing is working. I dare say that the cleaning method I'm using is only making it stick more
does rubbing alcohol work as isopropyl?
Same same
yes my friend.
Ok so the bandage will stay on forever or I have to change it every once a time?
As long as it will not get removed, it should just stay there. :)
@@jtechmkb so the glue will not wear off… nice. Thx for the info
YO THAT IS THE EXACT KEYCAP AND KEYBOARD I HAVE
You know what’s ascending not those stabs
really dont feel like opening up this board again
yeah, screws are just way to many. hope you can fix yours man. :)
thought they had fixed that after first batch
too bad they still didn't solve it..
5:15 rattle lmao
Yep. But the point is just to remove the stickiness. :)
im scary
Is it just me or has Glorious customer service told others oh well return it or screw off
The only correct mod for the GOAT is to throw it to the trash bin
hahaha. yeah, I agree to that man!
what rubber feet did you use? its bouncy hahaha
Just stock of the gmmk pro. :p
Imagine Spending $200USB on a keyboard and this is what it has.......unimpressed.
Yeahhh.. it's sad.. but they already fixed the issue.. (not sure if they are consistent about it)
why would they put so much in there? It's ridiculous
I paid a significant amount of money for this board, pretty miffed over this honestly
That's the only catch with this board. Hope they do something about it when they release the v2.
@@jtechmkb if i'm correct they said they will or they did fix it in the future batch
@@rzary_ just now got mine in and its really bad and the problem is still here :(
i got my gmmk pro today and the stock stabs are weird (at least the ones that ive received). my right enter is overlubed and sticky, but my spacebar is louder and more rattly than anything ive ever heard
@@Suttonnnn got mine but used the goat v2 stabilizers and same shit but gold bars lol. Enter key sticks really bad, space is fine but backspace and enter are sticky icky.