Lenovo y510 right side hinge is binding badly and plastic molding apperas to be separating

Hi,

I'm not sure if you're aware of this to be a known issue with Lenovo Y510. What you can do is to have the hinges replace. Lenovo offered free support for this issue because all Y510, for some reasons had this known problem and that is even though the computer was no longer under warranty. Unfortunately as I phoned them, they told me that the free repair has ended back in February 2010.

What I did was, I purchased a pair of hinges from www.lenovospareparts.com. I had it worked on by a local technician then because if I send it to their depot, I need to pay $80 initial payment plus the shipping plus the pay for the part and the labor.

The hinges just costs $18.17 plus the labor for the local tech was just $35, logically, I saved more and it just took 15 minutes for the local tech to replace it so he just asked me to wait and took my computer home.

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Hi mandyfin,

Based on your concern I recommend to contact lenovo technical support at 877-453-6686 then option number 2. They will set a depot repair to fix the issue.

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Hi jskishore,

For your hinge issue, I recommend to contact the technical support of Lenovo. They will set up a depot repair for you to diagnose the computer and to repair it completely. You may contact them at this number 1-877-4Lenovo (1-877-453-6686).
--> Hours of operation, 24 hours a day 7 days a week

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Hi drsachin90,

For your hinge issue, I recommend to contact the technical support of Lenovo. They will set up a depot repair for you to diagnose the computer and to repair it completely. You may contact them at this number 1-877-4Lenovo (1-877-453-6686).
--> Hours of operation, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

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call Lenovo Warranty Support for repairs.. 8774536686 opt 3

for the hinge problem, since this is a mechanical issue, we normally send this laptop for depot repair, pls call our tech support hotline at 1-877-4-536686 open 24/7. We will address that issue..

Check e-bay.

You said it best,time to shop

you should contact a lawyer to see if you can start a class action lawsuit. I had a problem with my toshiba laptop, and a few months later, I got a notice of a class action lawsuit, and got a 200 dollar check in the mail for a hinge defect in a laptop I used to own.

hinges take alot of stress as they have to be quite tight to hold the screen in a certain position, alot of laptops can have over tightened hinges and cause splitting in the housing. Hinges can quite often come loose.
Make sure all screws are present around the hinge area and if you can tighten up your hinges.
If the hinges are badly damage you can buy replacments for a few $ off of ebay