repairing T500 lid

[beickus]

has anyone tried to repair the ( magnesium alloy I think ) lid of a T500?
i mean this material has a feeling like iron - it is hard but can break under strain
i have the impression after also opening a T43 that this has a better choice of materials - the hinges also are softer and dont strain the lid
on the other side the hinges of a T500 are hard and that strains more the lid ( i am not talking about the rubber coated outer part )

[QWERTY Andreas]

It is a common problem

The only thing you can do, is to swap out the Whole magnesium alloy in the lid - or replace the Whole lid (the easiest)

[Cigarguy]

I'm glad Lenovo fixed the wobbly hinge assembly that plague the T61 series. I have 4 T500 and all have hinges working perfectly. In your case, I'd replace the lid.

[beickus]

the case here is that the supporting lid part that held the three screws of the left hinge has broken under strain -
my mistake I admit
the display for some days depended exclusively to the right hinge- which is more enforced by structure

anyway I managed to use epoxic glue to reconstruct the whole left supporting around the hinge part,
but it has to be rather thick and at present i cannot yet put the rubber lid back -
the laptop seems destroyed by fire but it is fuctionable