"white stem" keyboard parts?

[Newsdee]

Does anybody know a good source of Apple IIe keyboard switches? I tried buying "black stem" ones on ebay but they don't fit. It has to be the ones with a white plastic stem.

 

Basically I'm trying to repair a couple of keys on a IIe. The rest of the keyboard seems OK.

[Keatah]

I had that problem for a while with no luck. So I had to cannibalize a keyboard. With there was a better answer other than that or keep looking.

[bpatte02]

I saw Laser 128 key stems on eBay for $3. I'm not sure if they even come close to what you're looking for, but I thought I'd put it out there.

[Osgeld]

for a couple keys are you sure you cant take a file and make them fit?

[trash_44fr]

Hi,

Here is an eBay auction (not mine).

[R.Cade]

There is a guy on eBay, and also a guy on AppleFritter forums that sells them from time to time. I was able to get some white stems to fix my early IIe keyboard once. There is also one particular kind of black stem that fits the white stem keyboard- it's the same other than the color.

 

Basically, the thin, longer "T" stem is available in black or white, the shorter "T" stem in black/brown only, and then the later "cross" stem.

 

I checked my history and remembered it's Steven Buggie that sells them on eBay.

Edited October 9, 2017 by R.Cade