Powerbook 500 series broken hinges

[Papichulo]

This hinge broke off the plastics all of a sudden on my 520c. I guess these had the same stiff hinges that the 100 series have. What is the best way to fix this?

 

[jmacz]

It most likely broke off the plastic in the display. You can take it apart, clean it up, 3d print new hinge mounts (many models on thingiverse and I also have a model in the link in my signature), and then mount the hinges. If it broke due to the magnesium chassis cracking, you can try epoxying the chassis back together but it will be a weak point going forward.

 

[Papichulo]

It most likely broke off the plastic in the display. You can take it apart, clean it up, 3d print new hinge mounts (many models on thingiverse and I also have a model in the link in my signature), and then mount the hinges. If it broke due to the magnesium chassis cracking, you can try epoxying the chassis back together but it will be a weak point going forward.

Sounds good. If epoxying doesn’t work I guess another thing I could do is take off the spring part on the hinges in it, which would cause the screen to move back-and-forth freely, but then it would have to be leaned up against a wall.