[iBook] Re: iBook re-assembly/repair take 2

[Mike Urseth]

I suspect that the "blue stuff" is similar to LocTite, a compound  
that is used to keep screws and bolts from loosening in mechanical  
applications. There are different colors of LocTite, some facilitate  
removal and some are next to impossible to unscrew without using a  
torch to soften the compound.

That being said, I don't know exactly what this "stuff" is. If the  
screws are actually supposed to hold in plastic, it may be basically  
a glues.

Good luck on that.


On Aug 3, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Joy Freeman wrote:

> Jack,
>
> The three screws on the very bottom of the case? I have no idea why  
> you
> can't get those screws back in. In my case, the process of  
> replacing them
> was exactly the reverse of the process of removing them--quite  
> literally.
> You are using a T8 Torx driver, right? (I know; a simplistic  
> question, but
> it is possible to take these out with other drivers, just not best.)
>
> I remember the screws had a blue tinge, and I wondered if it was a  
> way of
> color coding them for assembly. I don't remember any "blue stuff"  
> beyond
> that--nothing like the grease in the springs in the battery  
> compartment.
>
> Okay, I just removed those three screws from my (admittedly only a  
> 12")
> iBook and, indeed, they are just screws, with blue paint on the  
> ends. The
> two that screw into the hinge area are quite long, the center one  
> is short.
> None of them seem to "engage" except at the very ends--indeed,  
> right about
> where the blue paint is.
>
> I suspect that if they don't seem to engage (do they fall right  
> out, or just
> never get "tight"?), that whatever they are supposed to screw into  
> is either
> not lined up or possibly broken or simply stripped. Go to page 9 of  
> 9 under
> the instructions for installing the fan. Click on the top picture  
> to see it
> full size. See the two places where those screws (probably; I'm  
> guessing)
> screw in. If you opened it up, I suspect you might find the problem  
> there.
> It sort of looks like a metal bolt glued into a plastic tube. I  
> suppose if
> that's true, the glue may have failed. Again, just guessing.
>
> Joy
>
>
>
> Jack Countryman (jcountry at insightbb.com)wrote:
>
>> The three screws shown being removed in page 6/14 of instructions  
>> for the 14
>> inch iBook under hard drive replacement, are the ones that do not  
>> seem to go
>> back in place.  They come out with a bit of some sort of blue  
>> stuff on the
>> ends.  I'm not sure what that attached them to and did not find  
>> any way to
>> replace them so they stay put?  Any idea what they are supposed to  
>> go back
>> into, what he blue stuff is or why it is there?  Note also that  
>> while the
>> are take apart guides at ifixit are good, they do not extend to re- 
>> assembly,
>> when (as with these screws apparently) the two processes are  
>> different.
>> Caveat Emptor?
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> From: Joy Freeman <pagesbyjoy at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [iBook] Re: iBook disassembly/re-assembly for
>>> upgrade/repair
>>> There are terrific take-apart instructions at http:// 
>>> www.ifixit.com/Guide/
>>> with generally good advice about how to avoid particular pitfalls
>>> Joy
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Jack Countryman (jcountry at insightbb.com)wrote:
>>>>  I thought I had seen a series of disassembly pictures a year or  
>>>> two ago,
>>>> but could not find them this summer when I had time to do this.   
>>>> Anyone know
>>>> where to find them?  As Stephen reports, separating the case  
>>>> pieces without
>>>> breaking too much of the plastic is a challenge.
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: James Paul Manley <listmonger at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [iBook] Fixit Guide - Fixit Guide Series iBook
>>>
>>> http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/
>>> ---
>>> James Paul Manley
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
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