Re: Latch broken on my PB1400!

[Bruce Johnson]

Michael Dolberry wrote:

> Oddly enough, the superglue seems to have worked. That
> has never happened to me before. I am letting it set
> and not stressing it overly, but so far it has not
> fallen off.


One thing you could do (without having a 1400 in front of me to look at) 
is get some epoxy, and some fine gauze (preferably plastic or fiberglass 
if you can...model supply stores might carry the latter) or bit of tyvek 
(from a CD sleeve or something) and wrap the latch piece in a single 
layer of gauze/tyvek and smear it with epoxy. You can do the same thing 
with superglue, but im my experience epoxy works better.

That should reinforce it sufficiently that it'll be stronger than before.

NB: I have not done this to the latch per se, but if it's similar at all 
to the latch on my 540 that should be doable. I have used this technique 
to repair a variety of small, hard-to-replace plastic bits...the 
windshield wiper lever on my Honda is still going strong after this type 
of repair...beat spending several hundred dollars to replace the entire 
switch unit!

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group


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Re: Latch broken on my PB1400!

[Michael Dolberry]

Oddly enough, the superglue seems to have worked. That
has never happened to me before. I am letting it set
and not stressing it overly, but so far it has not
fallen off.

I have been truly blessed.

Mike Dolberry
A Mac With a (tenuous) Latch

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Re: Latch broken on my PB1400!

[B.J. Major]

>Hey folks.
>
>The strangest thing just happened over lunch. I passed
>my hand near the latch to close the PB and LIGHTLY
>tapped it. (Really) The last 1/4" broke off.
>
>I am going to attempt to superglue it back together
>this evening at home.
>
>If this doesn't work, what is the procedure to replace
>it? Where would I find a supplier? And is there a
>"work around" to keep the thing closed in the
>meantime?

No workaround that I know of, but there are Apple supply dealers on the 
net who have stocked them in the past (MCE and Sun Remarketing, among 
others).

--bj
bjbear71.com

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