Just a quick me too, I finally got bothered enough by my batch 4 borderline loose hinges and ordered the 4Kg kit. Just installed a few minutes ago, all seems to have gone well. Had a little scare with the display not showing anything on the first post-installation boot, opened up and re-seated the display cable, all seems good now.
The feel of the new hinges and the reduced (disappeared) wobble while typing make for a very nice upgrade.
Some comments on the procedure:
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I wasn’t really able to loosen up the antenna cables that are somewhat entangled with the right hinge. The routing “channels” seem to be too tight and I was afraid I’d bend/break something if I used too much force. I was just extra careful/patient moving the old hinge out and the new one in, not an issue in the end.
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Similarly, removing the display cable from its routing channel and, especially, re-routing it inside the channel, took a little extra patience. Again no biggie.
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The third, small screw for the right hinge is a small challenge trying to extract and re-position, due to the relatively strong bezel magnet that’s right next to it. Again just a litlte extra patience does the trick.
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The kit came with a pair of these extra small hinge screws but I didn’t use them, I used the originals instead. These are the small T5 screws, one on each side on the display part of the hinge. Hope this isn’t an issue.