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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[Devnull]

Well it took me 4.5 hours and I'm sure 1 of the rivets isn't doing anything but i've managed to sort it. Had to take out the mobo to get the screen off but cleaned the hinges and also loosened them off (too much and had to drill the rivets out three times to adjust) and now it's all back together and working. I can't even thing of a way to explain how tight the hinges were but my hands are really sore today from just working the cleaning fluid through it. I thought i noticed that one of the cylindrical gears was not moving on each hinge till i really really worked i free. They weren't even dirty - it was like the lubricant they had used had spoiled and acted like a glue.


Slight crack on the glass of the screen from when the hinge broke but it all works inc the touch screen. I riveted from the other side in the video so when I pulled he rivet end off the flush pretty bit was on the screen side. Only lost 1 screw (one of the battery) ones so that's a good result for me doing these things.
Thanks very much for making the video!

[cchemmes-seeseeart]

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.

[Jnxlh]

Thank you so much for posting this! Following this method was much better than just replacing the hinge, back cover, and screen.

[johnpack]

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.

[GamerboyZun]

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

[Alpakay]

Thanks! Screen removal was not needed for me luckily for Yoga 7-14ITL5. I used rivets of 2.4 mm and drilled holes of 2.5mm. Also I just let the rivets brake on pulling instead of what you did with cutting them away. Much easier. This way I fixed the broken hinge for about 12 euro, which was the cost of a rivet set including rivets. It feels really sturdy now. Awesome fix.

[lflipper]

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!

[alanjones]

Excellent video, I have repaired many hinges over the years, sometimes the broken hinge mounting is caused by an impact. A lot of the repairs that I see are caused by the hinge being too tight. All of my repairs I do with a very strong epoxy glue, as long as you release the tightness on the hinge by turning the adjusting nut at the end of each hinge it shoudnt break again. I have just finished the r/h hinge repair on this exact same model, obviously a weakness on this particular Lenovo model.

[izuraizu]

Sir!!!! But mine is only from the side a little bit broken and the other side is good plz help me

[beermoneymotorsports]

What size rivets did you use? Thank you for the great video.

[SabinX]

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?

[ojakiso]

Hi there, thank you so much for your video, it was very informative. I have a Yoga 7i that I bought at launch, which was quite expensive living in Brazil, and the hinge broke in less than 8 months of use. It was a huge disappointment, as I wasn't aware of the bad reputation of the Yoga line. I've already bought some Torx screwdriver kits, but none of them were the right size. Could you give me a tip on what size screwdriver I need to disassemble it? Much appreciated.

[SuzanneMorovic]

I've repaired some minor issues with electronics and installed parts on older desktops but this repair process seems delicate and complicated. The lower left corner of the screen is cracked now too so that would probably mean also replacing the screen. Like someone else commented it just stays open all the time. Been researching new laptops but they're riduculously expensive and I don't trust anything with these small hinges. Funny thing is I have never used it as a tablet and it still got stiff and broke my screen.

[tskudutis]

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 :/

[pacogarciarubio]

Good afternoon from Madrid. I would like to ask you a question, if you don't mind: On my Lenovo Yoga 710 -14ikb laptop, some cracks have appeared on the screen, which I don't know if they were due to me dropping it on the floor. The fact is that I'm going to have to change it. I would like to know which part I should buy because the touch system still works and the screen is also visible, even though it has those little scratches. Thank you so much.

[classikz]

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

[Marco.]

Hello, I'm trying to remove the hinges for cleaning and I'm having some troubles... I guess I have to remove everything from the chassis in order to remove them.. is there any video that show the procedure? I would be exteremelly grateful. Note, I have a yoga 7 2 in 1

[avrox]

Hey just wondering what size rivets you are using. I am concerned that they will stick out too far on the inside and prevent the screen from sitting comfortably. Do I need to have the little saw to shave it down on the inside?

[hojvaelde]

At what temperature and for how long do you heat the screen?

[Devnull]

My daughters yoga 7i has just had this happen as well. She's treat it like a priceless piece of art and it's still broken. Really really annoyed as Lenovo inherited me as an ibm customer (literally bought only thinkpads, think centres etc) so $1k spent on a Lenovo laptop for her Christmas seemed like a safe choice. They won't care but it has made me decide to stop buying lenovo and that includes the ThinkPads i procure for our company.