Hinge replacement for Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 (not hingable, for home-use only)

Motivation

Some weeks ago the hinges of my 3,5 years old notebook broke. The connection between left hinge and display broke apart completely. It's the third time it happens, the last two times I still had warranty so it was fixed for me. Which means they replaced the hinges and the display for the exact same type of faulty parts. Now I had the option to buy a new notebook, get it fixed for around 100€ (they will probably break again in a year like the last ones) or design my own solution to get some more month or possibly years of lifetime, and here we are. Fortunately the display was not damaged this time.

This design is supposed to be for home-use only since it is not really a hinge but a bracket that stabalizes the display. I used it to stabalize the display while designing actual hingable hinges which I will upload later.

Instructions

1. Carefully remove both hinges. For that loosen the screws on the bottom, take the cover off, loosen the screws of the hinges and take them out. They can also be removed from the display by taking off the narrow plastic cover and loosening the screws behind it. It can be tricky to get the hinges out without damaging the display but it is doable. ALso be careful to not damage the cables that to go the display.

2. Carefully insert the brackets from left and right.