Lenovo YOGA 7 14IKL hinge repairs the right way

This Lenovo was posted to us for a hinge repair. Less than 2 year old model, with already snapped hinge🤯
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[@GamerboyZun]

Thanks!! I wasn't entirely sure what was going on with mine or if it was repairable but now I know

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Everything is repairable. The main question is how much you would be willing to invest for something that will last longer than your next laptop or the whole top case replaced.

[@lflipper03]

This is a GREAT Video!!! Thank you so much! My daughters laptop for college just had the hinge break the same way!! I can fix that!! I just cannot rivet the hinge back on...but I will work with it!! Great job, thanks again!

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Glad it helped!

[@cchemmes-seeseeart3948]

Lenovo, I hope you are watching this video, to see the proper way to construct your faulty yoga hinge. I fixed my lenovo thinkpad yoga 14 the ez way: I quit using the hinge 99% of the time, before it broke, after hearing all the horror stories of Yoga owners. When I saw the problem developing (with the screen coming apart/ off the cover: I just quit opening & closing the screen/ cover (especially when I heard how Lenovo blames customers). I tried to squirt in some lube, but it does not help. So I just keep the screen up & open all the time, with greatly limited laptop use around the house. No more yoga function: laptop, tent, tablet; what a lie feature by Lenovo. 'Yoga' is worst than a regular normal laptop. At least a normal laptop can open & close. My 'special' yoga must be kept in one position all the time & I can't close the cover except for laptop repairs/ very special needs. I use it just for specific tasks now. If I ever must close it, I pinch the screen near the bottom, where it is coming apart, & rotate very carefully to manually hold these parts together by pinch with my fingers, so it won't break. So this 'maneuver' of finger pinch is the 'new' hinge. It sounded like such a great idea to have a yoga 3 in 1. Instead, I now use a kindle as a tablet, & I bought a 2nd small laptop to use as a general laptop, & the messed up hinge yoga 14 is mostly my art laptop now, used to power a wacom drawing tablet in my art room. So there you go: the best 3 in 1 is 3 separate devices. I heard there is a class action lawsuit in Minnesota over this 'yoga' lie by Lenovo.

[@cchemmes-seeseeart3948]

Keeping the yoga 14 thinkpad in one spot & open all the time also solves the piece of crap charger issues, with cheap charger cords that fall apart because the wires are thin & not protected from bend due to the side plug in (instead of rear plug in; probably for Lenovo profit on charger cords). I wrapped the fragile place with electric tape, & avoid bends since I must keep the laptop in one spot, screen open. Next time I'll buy a desktop, with more hefty parts, since I must keep the laptop positioned like a desktop. No more 3 in 1.

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Even if they are watching, I doubt they will bother improving it. As its more beneficial for them to fail just outside of the warranty period - "Money, money, money..." Especially now, being 100% owned by a CCP backed company. They dont even need to oblige to eu/us rules and regulations, i.e. fair trade, competivenes, etc.

[@john6pack]

This is a cool and useful video... however there is another useful step. The hinge tension is created by 2 nuts on the outer edge of the hinge, which can be accessed when it is removed from the housing. No matter how much you clean and lube the hinge, it can still have too much tension (even after cleaning/lubing my hinge was EXTREMELY stiff to move by hand). By merely slightly unscrewing these tension nuts (you can see them at 2:43, they are at ends of the hinge shafts, facing the C made by the gentleman's thumb and finger) you can GREATLY reduce the hinge tension, making the hinge open/close MUCH easier and creating MUCH less stress on the hinge mounts. I suspect a lot of the issue in manufacture was due to the nuts being installed too tight.

[@ITSolveRepairs]

That's correct. It seems like dust and fluf mixed with the grease on the hinges stifens them up.

[@classikz]

That's awesome, nice work! Wish you were in the US.

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Maybe one day ☺️

[@tskudutis7572]

Hi, this video is really well made. Thank you! I have one question, do you think this happens with Yoga 7i 16 inch version of Lenovo laptop? I just bought one and fear for the same issue in the future :/

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Thanks, mate, for the feedback.. we haven't got 16" yet. Just as prevention, we should clean, oil grease those hinges annually.

[@tskudutis7572]

Thank you so much!!

[@SabinX7]

This just happened to me and THIS is the video I needed, excellent work. What size is the drill bit and rivet so I can try this on mine?

[@ITSolveRepairs]

2.5mm rivets. But make sure to check the inner diameter of the hinge on the back cover first. Lenovo have 100 different combinations for the same model :/ throwaway design company

[@SabinX7]

@@ITSolveRepairs will do, I'm still scared of cracking the screen but yeah, that design is dumb, hopefully I can do it without issues

[@ITSolveRepairs]

As they say - Know your limits, if stakes are high! :)

[@melenajohnson8594]

do you take orders to fix computers with this exact problem?

[@ITSolveRepairs]

it-solve.au/laptop-repairs-adelaide/laptop-hinge-repair-adelaide/ We do get mail in repairs in Australia. Might not be cost effective if shipped from abroad. G.

[@zish3655]

Hey man, I had the opposite issue, hinge attached below the motherboard has broken. As in the screws have been stripped and the plastic broken. Please do recommend me a solution.

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Same solution. Just the other way around.

[@ginam.4172]

​@@ITSolveRepairs I have the same question. How would you recommend attaching the other side of the hinges? The threaded attachment points are under the keyboard cover, and I'm afraid protruding nuts or bolts will scratch the screen when it's closed. Another option would be to go through the bottom cover, but it would require getting a stack of washers or something to act as spacers for four of the six hinge holes.

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Depends on the model. Haven't seen this model to break on the palmrest as it has a metal shield on top of the nuts. Had another model that broke on the base and rivets worked great. Just need to make sure they are flat as possible, and when you rotate the screen, it has at least 1mm gap with the keyboard to hold the flat side of the rivet

[@DanKirchner5150]

LOL "RIVETS " YES i thought i was the only hillbilly doing it like this ? also you should probably consider doing both sides as we know that will only circumvent another one of these repairs later on

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Oh yeah :) we did both sides. Metal to metal connections only 🤘

[@TheSpeedbones]

Sadly you didnt show how to remove the mainboard.

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Time constrains. We concentrate only on the difficult parts. Besides, yt is flooded with teardown videos of this model. 😊

[@the_nurk]

did anyone ever figure out the tape?

[@ITSolveRepairs]

No stretch release tape on a roll so far. If anyone finds some please let us know

[@YL-mj1rg]

how much does this cost to repair?

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Depends where in the world you are and how the repair shop does it. If you are in Australia , it-solve.au/laptop-repairs-adelaide/laptop-hinge-repair-adelaide/#ytc

[@F1rewheels]

frankenstein edition 🤣

[@ITSolveRepairs]

Yeah, before the repair. Repaired hinges look sleek, no?

[@chrisnumnuts8671]

never buy Lenovo laptop because of this problem never again there good pcs but bad design

[@ITSolveRepairs]

They are all the same these day, just lenovos breaks more often.

[@ghiyzt]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@ITSolveRepairsso, in your opinion which brand has best hinge?

[@ITSolveRepairs]

@ghiyzt Some Dells have an aluminium base for hinges. Such as XPS and Precision, but they cost. I will avoid any 2in1 in general. People end up not using touch functionality anyway. Hp and Lenovo 2n1 are the worst. In general, ticker the machine more plastics = sturdier

[@hasandurmaz6842]

Great video❤. I had a lenovo yoga 520 14ikb. Hinge became stiff and I had to change the upper bezel part twice. Wish they had hinge stiffness adjustment.

[@bilaloz4319]

The hell ? Punching holes on LCD cover ? I d sue you if I were the owner...

[@ITSolveRepairs]

We discuss any repairs to be actioned in detail beforehand with the customer, of course.

[@CondoreComputing]

There is literally no other way to fix Lenovo's flawed hinge mounting design. This is the only kind of repair that will actually last, you can spend several hundreds on a new lid and LCD assembly and it will just break again in a few months. Lenovo refuses to even fix this under warranty most of the time because they deem it to be "fall damage" despite their being no evidence of a drop.

[@friedceleron]

@@CondoreComputingthat's me. Thought I had a few more years out of mine after buying a new LCD + lid + hinge assembly but it broke again less than a year, same spot. Would have saved $100 had this video come out earlier, lol.