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

[James Paul Manley]

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On Aug 3, 2006, at 10:19 AM, Mike Urseth wrote:

> 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/
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>>>> James Paul Manley
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