Repairing a Lenovo Legion hinge. The same hinge is used on many other Lenovo's like the L and T series laptops. Epoxy used: www.homedepot.com/p/J-B-Weld-...
There are other videos on similar fixes but this method is least trouble - using the clamp with temporary glue (I used superglue) is very good as it gives a good base on which to place the epoxy afterwards. - it's holding for me so far - will use it again if needed - laptop is about 2 years old so hopefully will keep it going until upgrading in future
I blame myself for opening the lid from the left side only, and I see now that over time this stressed the mechanism on the right. I was concerned about this since it broke yesterday and so grateful to find your helpful video. Have some hope now! (I have the Lenovo 7i and paid 1,600CHF for it 2 years ago)
A few questions. Is your epoxy sticking to the plastic bezel after this repair? I do want to be able to remove the bezel later in case I need to fix another hinge or replace the screen. Also, why did you choose to use super glue under the hinge? Is epoxy there a bad choice? Did the repair hold up? I plan to attempt this repair this weekend. Thanks for the video!
I have not tried but I think the bezel will come off. You could also put on grease or wd40 on the bezel to keep it from sticking. I used super glue to temporarily attach the hinge while the epoxy set. The other hinge broke since and I did it without the super glue and that worked fine. Just don’t use too much epoxy.
@@nikcentered Mine was damaged due to the flex in the lower frame and it's a desine fault. Wish I knew this erlier. Would buy Mac if it wasn't for their gender confusion support!
Same here .. i own a y520 legion. And it suddenly had these crack noise. I thought my unit was faulty and generally these problem happen after warranty is expired. I thought new legion would be better due to design, but again seeing your video it seems it's a shitty brand overall.
I work for a small company that rents out these laptops, our purchasing manager doesn't necessarily read all the reviews, and we've had over half of our laptops bust hinges in just over a year. One of them Lenovo said broke the motherboard (how?) so it would be hundreds to repair. Would not recommend, very poor quality.
It’s an ongoing issue. Where I work, we purchased 3500 L13’s and many of them have the same issue. Have to train users to close the lid from the middle or with both hands.
I saw that there was a bit of epoxy on the screw. I don't know a single thing about hinge repair, nor what epoxy does, but won't that dried up epoxy make it harder for user to unscrew? (assuming user might need to unscrew the bolt some time in the future)
I have lenovo IP 5 and the right side hinge broke off after 9 months, warranty is a joke, told me they don't cover it... the hinge is plastic and there is no way to fix it( it fell out with the screw) .... much cheaper design and now i can't ever close it...very poor hinges on this thing.
Thanks for this video, but can I ask you if the problem is more with the hinge mechanism, I mean if I applied some oil or hinge lubricants to bring to the hinge more mobility you think can work?
@@VincesDIYs they used to put a whole metal arm up the side of the screen to distribute the force when you open/close the display, or a metal body laptop is usually fine since the bezel is strong enough, but this short hinge on a plastic bezel is just destined to break.
This method doesn't apply to Lenovo Legion 7i non slim version. I've tried this method and during removing the screen bezel I damaged my screen. The repair was costly. The hinge itself would be a lot cheaper. The repair guy told me that my laptop cannot be disassembled like shown in the video.
Really? I did this method on mine but only removed the corner part of the bezel needed for repair, not all of it like on the video, one side at the time because both came off. Still hesitant about the epoxy since there is less free space around the hinge, and there is a little thing attached to it on the screen side that I have no idea what it is, so I couldn't take it off completely, only lifted it a little bit to apply the super glue. The super glue is holding fine for now.
I had this happen to me about 2 years ago, and it was covered under warrenty, back then I searched aruond if this was a common problem but couldn't really find anything (or I didn't look hard enough) now my laptop is out of warrenty and I got the feeling the hinge is around to break the exact same way again. it's kinda pathetic that this is what it has come to legit gluing the hinge back, come on fix your shit lenovo...
I am debating on whether I want to wait for my Slim 7 X hinge to break or if I want to pull it apart and use some serious epoxy between the binge mounting tab and the rear metal panel before it inevitably does break so I don't have to treat it like it's constantly going to break.
How did you open the laptop cover. At the beginning of the video you say it’s not good and the video cuts. Did you just open it or did anything specific to protect it from breaking?
Useful video, thank you. Tried but it's not holding. The touchscreen is going berserk, mouse keeps jumping all over the screen. Do you know how to disable the touchscreen?
Lenova uses hinges that are way too tight for the cheap plastic cover. They should recall but won't, so only a fool would buy one of these computers again. I tossed a perfectly good laptop in the trash. Thanks Lenova.
