V3 104 disassembly to repair broken switch?

TL;DR: Any pointers for V3 104 disassembly instructions?

Yeah, I know the company seems dead, but hoping the community might have some pointers. I have a WASD V3 104. One of the switches broke. Its stem has conveniently lodged itself in the keycap. Better yet, it's a key whose both regular and shifted states are in a common password. Yay.

I don't have any experience repairing any of this. But I can't function with a broken keyboard. I've found videos on disassembling a V3 but not a V3 104, and discussions on disassembling a V2 104 but again, not a V3 104. Yeah, they're probably similar, but do I want to risk damaging my keyboard without knowing that fiddly little detail that changed in the product's mechanical design?

Disassembling a V3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT5L7I6Ot6o

Disassembling a V2 104: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/55jvvq/disassembling_wasd_v2_104/

wasd_toq

January 29, 2025 19:29

I have the same problem. I got the piece of the switch out of the cap pretty easily by holding a needle in a pair of pliers and then heating it with a lighter. Shove the needle into the broken piece stuck in the cap and let it cool. Then pull it out.

But getting the keyboard apart to get at the switch is the harder part. Can't seem to be any screws in the case.

Neman

February 01, 2025 18:40
Edited

Did you end up disassembling the keyboard? Any tips to share? I haven't started my attempts yet. I expect screws will be under the rubber feet and the central product label sticker. There's an easily-felt divot/discontinuity in the casing under the sticker. There are visible screws underneath the fold-out feet - those are going to be a pain to get at, although I hope it's just a matter of compressing the feet supports inward and pulling them straight out.

V3 104 disassembly to repair broken switch?

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