Mulling over a potential Pioneer key repair approach

[Dave Britten]

(09-04-2014 04:16 AM)Geoff Quickfall Wrote:  Ouch,

Even I haven't tried that one. And believe me, I have thought about it. You can remove the front bezel with a hair dryer,

See this article in the HP SOLVE:

Click on 'calculator restorations' under 'your articles' section. Scroll down and you will see the bezel removed from an HP42S exposing the plastic key panel.

Hp solve article

This would be your best access to repair the broken tabs.

Hope this helps,

Geoff

Thanks, I was looking around for a few pictures of the keyboard internals last night but didn't find anything good. I think mixing and matching subsections of the keyboard just won't be feasible with the way they're built (i.e. very differently from the palmtops).

So the next question is what's the best way to repair broken key hinges? I've tried a hot glue gun (which works great for resealing the popped heat stakes), but it's not nearly precise enough and makes a mess of the keys.