Lenovo ThinkPad Ultra Dock broken lock replacement

Written By: Jonas Braun
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Lenovo ThinkPad Ultra Dock broken lock replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

11

Time Required

40 minutes

Introduction

Do you know this situation? Your dockingstation fell down of your desk and the key had been still in the lock and now your lock isn't working anymore? Well we are going to fix this! If you have a similar issue or device this instructions might work as well for you

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    • Remove all marked screws and keep them save

    • The colors of the screws might be exchanged

    • For best results please remind yourself which screws you removed from where

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    • Remove also those screws

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    • lift the cover carefully till the clips snap out

    • remove the cover completely by trying to pull it downwards

    • The right clip on top might be a little hard to pop out: So be careful! It might help if you remove all the other clips first

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    • next lose this screw as well

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    • You can use a plektrum to open up your device. You might will have to repeat the step multiple times. Make sure that you take care of every slit

    • If you don't have a plektrum just use your fingernails or something similar. But be careful it might will hurt you

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    • I suggest you to glue the spring on the second picture on the bottom. It will be easier for to reassemble the device later

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    • Remove all the marked screws in order to remove the lock mecanism

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    • Pull out the placeholder

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    • Remove also this screw and the plastic part which is held by it

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    • remove the lock

    • Try to bend all the metall structures back into their right shape

    • But pay attention that the metall doesn't break!

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    • This spring snaps out very easy so pay attention that it is still inplace before you assemble every thing again

    • Watch out for the tape! Make sure that it is covering the cables and make also sure that the cables are on the right place

Conclusion

Reverse those steps to reassemble the device

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