Screen hinges are to loose

Today I opened my ibook lid and it made a pop noise when it was about a 90 degree angle and now the screen is extremely loose, I found the pop noise is going from the back of the laptop at the seem, when it gets to about 90 degrees the case separates then goes back together making a popping noise.

Hey Colton,
I took it apart and on the right side the flap that connects to the rod was snapped so looks like need to replace the frame,
so that is the hinge leaf that screws to the lower case? The pdf I'm looking at shows that leaf and two clinch points where it clinches to the axle. Is that axle still fastened firmly to the display frame? I believe it's fastened with rivets.
If it's still firm you might only need the hinge itself. You can force the broken clinched parts off the axle if it's still firm to the upper bracket. Even if they're loose you could repin them. I've seen the hinges for sale on eBay.
Here's some for a 12.1" G4:
http://tinyurl.com/yrmvg6
It's $23.50 buy it now shipped.
It's the whole assembly so mute point about the hinge.
also who ever owned the computer before me took it apart and did some damage to the frame, top case, and the mic wire so whats the best way to fix the mic wire? It was cut clean were it enters the hinge on the left side like it was rubbed into two.
If you're good at soldering you'd strip the broken leads and solder them back together. I've got a 500 G3 and a 1.33 G4 here. The 1.33 is different and the wire in the 500 looks like 3 very tiny wires. One I suspect would be the shield.
I don't know if I have shrink tubing that small. Maybe stagger the two internals and use 1 shrink over them then shrink over the shield.
You seem to have a good knowledge of the internals of your machine.
Richard
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