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I found the problem. The PCB plate is held into the frame with 5 screws. There are 3 screws for the top of the keyboard and 2 screws at the bottom.
The 3 screws at the top screw through 3 holes in PCB + PCB plate + Aluminum frame. So PCB is securely mounted to the aluminum frame.
The bottom 2 screws don't go through any holes in the PCB. They are screwed on the bottom side of the PCB plate's edge to the aluminum frame. The screws have small built-in none removable washers. Think of the back of a picture frame, you have little clips that hold the back of a picture frame into the frame itself. The screw's built-in washer can't cover the edge of the PCB plate on the left side of the keyboard. Since the left side PCB plate is not held down to the aluminum frame, you can push down on left side of the keyboard. I tried to adjust the PCB plate to more accurately fit into the aluminum frame, but nothing I did allow the screw to hold the edge of the PCB plate to the aluminum frame on the left side.
I came up with 2 ideas. Put some plastic or wood filler between the bottom aluminum cover and PCB itself. You would not be able to push down because there is no room for the PCB to sink into the bottom aluminum cover. The other idea, which is what I did, is to find the smallest and thinnest washer (Home Depot) and break it into 2 pieces, then use 1/2 the washer, which is big enough, between the screw and PCB plate so that it can hold PCB plate down to the aluminum frame. You can't use the whole washer, because there is no room for the screw and the side of the screw hole on the aluminum frame. Now the left side can't be pushed down.
The design requires the PCB plate to fit into the aluminum frame almost perfectly. Unfortunately a small margin of error can cause the PCB plate to not be held down.
Don't know too much about manufacturing/design, but if they could put the 2 screws on the bottom of the PCB plate through the PCB + PCB plate + Aluminum frame (just like the top 3 screws) then this problem would not exists.