Keyboard Troubles (MBP 15")

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I took my keyboard apart to clean it. I put it back together and everything worked perfectly, except the Alt and the Ctrl keys. Both of them, the tiny grey circular plastic springs ripped off of the plastic sheet under the keys.
I cannot get them to stay put long enough to put the keys back on. My question is:
Will glue hurt the keyboard? How else do I fix this?

Try using a tiny bit of adhesive for flexible plastic or rubber. That should work.
Let it set before popping the keycaps back on.

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