Yamaha DX 7 Key Repair, Part 2

Part 1 here
More progress here (READ FIRST)

It was easier than I thought. Sort of...

The key came in the mail today. I got the right one. It comes with a spring (a thin bit of metal about 2.5 inches long). I'm pretty sure they (Yamaha) no longer make replacement keys so what you are going to find are probably taken from old DX7s that no longer work. It had minor ware, but whatever, it is a replacement key.

Look back at Part 1 for how to remove the keyboard assembly from the DX 7. You will have this:

Turn the entire thing upside down (as seen above). There are two parts you will need to remove before you can take out the keys. You will see a black metal thing in front of all of the keys. It is connected with seven screws. Remove the screws, remove the metal thing (sone of the screw holes are shown below).

Flip the key assembly back over. You will see a long white plastic spacer. Lift it off of the metal rail that it sits on, nothing is holding it in palce. Those are the two parts.

You can now remove the keys! All you have to do is push the key back. This frees the key, then pull it forwars to actually remove it. The key is now free. To put the key back in slide the two horn looking bits on the bottom of the key into place on the key assembly, then align the spring with the the slot, push back, then down. To get access to the black key you will have to remove the two white keys next to it.

You can see the slot where the spring goes in the above picture; it is the hole to the right of the square hole.

When I took out the keys to get access to the black key I noticed that they were very dirty. Me, being me, decided to take out every key and clean them. When I put everything back together turned the keyboard on and played it I realized something went wrong. Some keys wouldn't produce a note, and some would produce one, then as you release the key it will make another note. I started marking what keys didn't work, only to find out that they all had somethign wrong with them.I will have to go back in and look at what I did wrong. My guess is that the keys are not sitting properly and making bad contact with the velocity sensors.

Also, remember that I am NOT responsible for any damage you might do to your DX7 by following these directions. As you can see, I might have messed mine up nicely. I suppose that Part 3 will be about making everything work again.