Introduction
Keep your display opening smoothly by using this guide to replace a broken left clutch hinge.
Tools
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Slightly lift the lower case near the vent opening.
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Continue running your fingers between the lower and upper cases until the upper case pops off its retaining clips.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the battery connector up out of its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the following screws from the optical drive side of the rear vent:
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Two 10 mm T8 Torx
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Two 5.2 mm Phillips
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Remove the following screws from the port side of rear vent:
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Two 10 mm T8 Torx
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Two 5.2 mm Phillips
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Remove the single 3 mm Phillips screw securing the AirPort/Bluetooth antenna ground strap to the rear speaker.
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Use the tip of a spudger to pry the AirPort and Bluetooth antenna connectors (3 total) up off the AirPort/Bluetooth card.
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De-route the long antenna from its channel in the rear speaker housing.
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Grab the plastic pull tab secured to the display data cable lock and rotate it toward the DC-In side of the computer.
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There is also a thin metal lock clip under the plastic tab that has to be released ( Use the tip of a spudger ) before you can disconnect the display data cable.
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Open your MacBook so the display is perpendicular to the upper case.
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Place your opened MacBook on a table as pictured.
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While holding the display and upper case together with your left hand, remove the remaining 7.8 mm with lock washer T8 Torx screw from the lower display bracket.
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Grab the upper case with your right hand and rotate it slightly toward the top of the display so the upper display bracket clears the edge of the upper case.
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Rotate the display slightly away from the upper case.
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Lift the display up and away from the upper case, minding any brackets or cables that may get caught.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger between the thin rubber strip surrounding the front display bezel and the rear display bezel.
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Use the flat end of your spudger to carefully pry the front display bezel away from the adhesive securing it to the rear display bezel.
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Continue prying until the front display bezel is free along the right side of the display and behind the right clutch hinge.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the front display bezel off the top edge of the display assembly.
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Continue separating until the top edge of the front display bezel is free from the display assembly.
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Use your spudger to pry the left side of the front display bezel away from the display assembly.
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Carefully pry up the area behind the left clutch hinge.
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Slowly work your way across the lower edge of the front display bezel until it is free from the display assembly.
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When you get about half way across, pry up from the other side of the front display bezel's lower edge to ease the process.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger into the open end of the clutch cover and pry up to release it from the rear display bezel.
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Remove the three 4.7 mm T6 Torx screws securing the left clutch hinge to the front display bezel.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
One comment
By the way, if like me, you're doing this because you need to tighten the internal hinge screws on the display, I found that pulling up the bottom portion of the screen bezel was enough to remove the clutch cover and get to the screws. Thank you IFIXIT!
According to this page http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1651?viewl..., the 8 screws are not identical.
Can anybody tell me where each kind of screw is supposed to go?
Gregoire -
They are all 100% Identical. You were probably looking at a different model, or Apple has entered the wrong information... Hey, It happens...
Owen Davies -