[Ti] broken hinge

[heindebruijne]

Hello Leif,

A month ago I repaired my left hinge (PB Tit) for about 125 US dollar:
I thought it to be very risky but it worked fine!
Buy your (pair) of hinges, I did via eBay ($125 + post $8,95), and
then there are two ways: I strongly advise NOT to REMOVE your display 
because it is riskful and NOT necessary!
Just, after the forplay, that is ao removing the hinge-mounts,  open 
the side of your display
with "careful brute force" and exchange the hinge.
You will find a very fine detailed manual with pictures on the web.
I used the following manual by email from jocortes at optonline.net, 
studied it for a long time
and did the job! Proud as a, we say in The Netherlands, ape.

Good luck, will you let me hear?
Regards
Hein de Bruijne
Langegracht 26
3601 AJ  MAARSSEN,  NEDERLAND
Tel.:   +31 346 575 802
GSM : +31 6 22 99 60 88
eMail: dbruyne at knmg.nl




Op 11 sep 2005 om 2:59 heeft Mr.Shannon Strachan het volgende 
geschreven:

>
> On Sep 10, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Leif Hall wrote:
>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> The left hinge on my powerbook is broken. I noticed a few weeks ago 
>> that the hinge was becoming more and more difficult to open until one 
>> day it just snapped. The display and computer still work fine, but 
>> I'm just not comfortable using it as a laptop anymore. Does anyone 
>> have any ideas on where I can get problem repaired for a reasonable 
>> price?
>
> Depends on what your version of reasonable is. The cheapest I found 
> was $400 (approx). I made my own repair.
>
> I took the round part of the hinge that's sticking out from the hinge 
> cover and ground the rough part off.
>
> I cut a strip of aluminum can, the width of the round part (of the 
> ground off hinge).
>
> Purchased some JB Weld (Quick Set). I'm pretty sure fast set epoxy 
> will work.
>
> I set the strip of aluminum can on the lid of the screen, bent it down 
> the back of the laptop and up and around the round part of the hinge 
> so I have the basic shape.
>
> I then epoxied the strip to the lid. Once that was set, I epoxied the 
> top piece onto the lower.
>
> I'm short on patience so it's a little messy but it works. If you 
> want, email me off list & I'll send a pic. It's worth 1000 words. :-)
>
>> My local repair shop, The Mac Superstore, quoted me $1100 to repair 
>> the problem. That's way outside of my budget.
>
> My account manager said I couldn't spend ANY money on repairs. She 
> wants a coffee table.
>
>> It seems that this is a relatively common problem with TiBooks. I've 
>> found many similar reports all over the web. Shouldn't Apple 
>> recognize this as a defect and recall the powerbooks? How can I get 
>> Apple to comply?
>
> If it's under warrantee, you could try but it's not worth the effort. 
> IMO
>
> -- 
> Mr. Shannon Strachan
> 867Mhz TiBook Gig o RAM
> OS X 10.3.9
> Auburn, CA
>
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