Microsoft Surface Hinge Repair (Alternate method, No screen removal!)
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- Опубликовано: 7 дек 2021
- This is an alternate method to repair or replace the kickstand hinge on a Microsoft Surface tablet from the tablet's backside, meaning the screen does not have to be removed. This should be a similar procedure for Surface 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7. Hinges can be found on Amazon or Ebay for about $10.
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This guy deserves an award. Followed steps for a surface 7 pro + and it worked like a charm.
Thank you so much for this video! Without it, I would not have known that my hinge is not broken. The little thing you ripped out of the replacement part was out of its rail. You saved me a lot of work and money 🧡
The internal stop broke on my hinge. My kickstand was crooked and hinge popped out of place. Thanks to your video- I fixed it! Thanks so much.
I agree with many that this is a fantastic method. I just performed a successful replacement on my Surface Pro 5. I had good needle nose pliers with a 90-degree corner that made it easy to gradually squeeze, twist, and pull off tiny pieces of material until I thought I had enough removed. One alternative suggestion: I used pliers to grab the bushing (and arm) at the 16:55 mark in the video when the arm is sticking out perpendicular (before the bushing is pushed into place over the stopping pieces that were partially removed) and then with slight force rotated the bushing over the stop further onto the track. Maybe that grip with the pliers helped me retain a little more material while still being able to push the bushing in. From what I can tell, there is mechanical interference in the "arm" piece when the hinge is open the whole way which takes the pressure of the hinge, not the piece in the bushing that is removed. This might help address some concerns about opening the hinge beyond 90 degrees after removing some of the end-stop pieces on the bushing. I'll see how mine holds up...
Thank you, for this easy reperation it only took me half an hour and saved me a ton of money.
Thank you so much for taking the time for making this video! Bought this laptop as a student and wasn't ready for the $300 repair bill, you just saved me a lott of money!
Thank you for explaining how the hinge works. This showed me the hinge wasnt broken but that both bushings had slipped off the rail
This works! Just did my daughter's surface pro. Thanks for helping save a ton of money. I took the Dremel approach and cut then bent the l shape hinge out. Worked but I see the advantage of removing the pin.
Thank you for the know-how. I was able to use this pretty easily. You can even break the bracket with a pair of tin shears.
Very nice trick and worked perfectly. Much better than opening screen. Thank you!
Just didn't expect to be that challenging, haha.
This is a brilliant method. Thank you It took me a while and I had my doubts. But once I got the bushing in place and put the kickstand back on, I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked. My advice to others is ---if it gets a bit too challenging, take a break and then come back to it. If you take your time and persist, you will eventually succeed. BTW -- I bought the correct size screwdriver at our local electronics store
Awesome, lots of time needed but works a treat thanks
Thank you so much Doug!! as someone with zero experience and shitty tools i spent a day on it, since it seemed you need a lot of intuition for how hard to file and to hammer. But it saved me a lot of money. Let's see if it holds without epoxy or anything 😅
Thankyou so much for this video, when i saw the other methods i started freaking out
Thank you very much. Perfect tutorial.
Doug, Thank you!
Excellent explanation- I’m going to try and repair daughter’s Pro8 using this method. It’s only 4 months old! Microsoft aren’t interested- they hide behind the PR chat people they employ to deflect claims.
ty bro my surface works well now
thanks alot for the tutorial
Thank you
you're a god
have a problem that seems similar to this- the left hinge seems to have no bushing! before I attempt anything, how do you get the kickstand back onto the surface? do the foam attachments slot back in?
By any chance can you explain how you put back the styrofoam tab things back in ?
I guess the same thing happened to me and my Surface Pro 6 today. I found many ways to fix it, but no replacement - where did you buy yours?
Are the right and left hinges identical? What I'm after is whether you need to make sure to take the bushing from the proper side hinge? If so, since we cannot see the hinge inside the tablet for comparison, how do we tell left vs. right on the replacement hinges? Maybe it is obvious once I buy the parts....
I had this same concern. I ended up buying both hinges. The bushing and "arm" that attaches to the kickstand look identical. The difference is in the mounting screw hole locations on the hinge base. If you find a picture of both side-by-side, you can see that the one hinge base is symmetric left-to-right - both screw holes are aligned to the center. The other hinge base has one screw hole that is off-center.
Hello! What size screwdriver did you use to remove the screws? I’m having trouble getting through the easy part 😭
T3. It's a small, six-point star.
Very informative video! Has anyone tried this on a Surface Pro 7?
Jep, works fine
Same, but pro 7+
Hey do u have the link for the hinges
GinTai Silver Kickstand Hinge Left & Right Parts Replacement for Microsoft Surface Pro 5 1796 www.amazon.ca/dp/B08NPKB6FY/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_P3K541X3M06B8PWCSWGG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
That's where I got mine. Comes as a set of 2.
Where is the link? Thx
Does it work for Surface pro 8?
Im not sure about a surface 8. I think it is a different style hinge, but you could buy a replacement hinge and investigate it.
my bushling just totally snapped in half
people sit on these all the time... thats how this happens.