Einleitung

Diese Videoanleitung war das Vorbild für meine Anleitung. Danke an danliv99 auf YouTube , so konnte ich meine Brille reparieren!

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    • Diese Werkzeuge brauchst du. Im Video wurde eine Büroklammer benutzt, aber die sind manchmal zu dick, um in die kleine Öffnung zu passen, wenn man die Feder rauszieht.

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    • Das Hauptproblem: Die Feder hat das Gelenk soweit zurückgezogen, dass die Schraube nicht in das Gewinde passt.

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    • Hier wird eine Pinnwandnadel als Hebel benutzt. Sie wird in das Loch am Gelenkscharnier eingeführt, um die Feder herauszuschieben.

    I don’t have a spring on my glasses

    Student Michael Ogbevire -

    I just did this. In my case it seemed easier to put in the temple, and then use the pushpin to extend the spring. . Then I hyperextended the temple, put in the blocking pin and then closed the temple, removed the push pin and installed the screw.

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    • Stich dich nicht in deinen Finger!

    • Mit einer zweiten Nadel kannst du nun das Gelenk fixieren, um alles in herausgezogener Position zu halten.

    • Es könnte eine kleine Einbuchtung sichtbar werden, wenn man die Feder dehnt. Mit der zweiten Nadel kannst du sie hier festklemmen.

    • Leider habe ich nur zwei Hände, so konnte ich das nicht zeigen und gleichzeitig fotografieren.

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    • Die zweite Nadel fixiert nun das Gelenk, du kannst also die erste Nadel herausziehen und die Löcher übereinander bringen.

    • Mit einer Pinzette kannst du die Schraube durch beide Löcher führen.

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    • Mit einem passenden kleinen Schlitz Schraubendreher wird die Schraube festgezogen.

    • Finito! Die Brille ist repariert.

    • Funktioniert genauso bei Sonnenbrillen.

Abschluss

Um die Brielle wieder zusammenzusetzen, folge den Schritten in umgekehrter Reihenfolge.

Miroslav Djuric

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28 Kommentare

Nice guide. Simple, straight forward and it works. In my experience I used a standard tack because that's all I had. I was able to hold pressure on the tack while I set the arm in place. Worked like a charm.

mtscott -

Thanks for this, the screw came out on my glasses and I'm new to glasses so had no idea how to get the screw back in, thanks again! Saved my life on Xmas eve as I was about to leave my house to head to see my family.

Jake -

Excellent process and photos! I couldn't get a push pin to stay in the gap of my foster grant readers, but used another tiny screwdriver instead. Same idea, slightly different tool. Thanks!

Tom S -

It's kind of confusing. Is there any other simpler explanation?

Carissa Mcellan -

Great post with informative guide. I really appreciated it. Thanks

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awen thomas -

Thank you. Much appreciated

Steve White -

Vey nifty and it works! Used 2 paper clips, 1 to pull out as a loop, and the other to keep the hinge jammed open.

I saw the problem, couldn't keep the hinge pushed out with a fine screwdriver while dropping the screw. This also took some doing, but got it done. Thanks for posting

Kishore Iyer -

My hinge actually broke...looking for Monkey Glue to just cement it. I love these old glasses and want to wear them

Where can I look to have someone just fix them...went to optometrist and gal said they could not be fixed! Anything can be fixed, I think

sdsummit11 -

try fixmyglasses.com. Looks like they can pretty much repair anything and they offer free shipping both ways with no obligation and a one year warranty.

mikerandy1001 -

Thanks for the guide. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to put my glasses back together when the holes didn't line up.

Miguel Duron -

Great, thanks - I'll remember this! What a shame I didn't know this when a screw came out of my glasses a year or so ago. I spent ages wondering how to get it back and eventually had to send them away to be fixed.

By the way, good luck with growing your 3rd arm, and be sure to write an Instructable about it when you succeed - I promise I'll favourite it!

Philip Le Riche -

This was BEYOND helpful, thank you so much!!

Jennifer Tobias -

THANK YOUUU!!! I was trying to fix my glasses for like half an hour and was done in 5 mins with your tips!

Sian Madoc-Jones -

Yeah nice, but doesn’t work on my pair from Specsavers. I suspect they’ve modified the design to prevent private repair?

Warwick Evans -

hi where can I find a supplier for replacement spring hinges. I've got a pair of tommy Hilfiger th76 and cant locate where to buy a set of spring hinges to replace my broken ones.

regards

stuart

stuart baird -

Did not work for my eyeglasses frame (Ballet Image), but I found good workaround.

Problem was that you could not extend spring (Step 3) because it is almost impossible to leverage it out on temples alone.

So I used combination of 3 methods to reattach my temples.

First you take just the frame, no temples attached, and screw in your original frame screw from reverse side. Once it is in just a little, you attach temple. Holes wont align yet, but you just screw reverse screw in little bit again, so it would push on attached temple part and hold it, even if it is not in hole yet. After that you use pin from proper side to leverage spring hinge so holes will match up. Because you applied pressure by reverse hinge, once you align holes reverse screw should pop into hole in temples part. After that you screw reversed screw a bit more to secure aligned holes position and that is when you do step 4 of this guide. Once pin secures alignment, you unscrew reverse screw and screw it in from proper side.

Ui Ethuil -

Didn’t find much other info online detailing how to hold the spring in place, so thanks for this.

Amit Mondal -

This saved my life! I just got a new job and glasses were broken! My fault for removing the wrong screw after bending and breaking the threads on the lens joint screw hole. Duh, wrong screw and try as I could, until using this guide, I wasn’t succeeding, I figured out that it was this way, but didn’t figure out the angling of the pin and didn’t know about using a push pin. Lost my push pin, but got two tools out of the iFixit screw bit set, and bada boom, was able to put the screw back in.

Now to figure out how to remove the super glued frame and using new upsize screw I bought.

Mark Hayward -

I know acetone can remove super glue drips, I wonder if soaking in it was get me back to just the broken frame so I can use oversize threaded screw…

Mark Hayward -

On kenzo glasses there is no access hole to hold the spring in place. After fiddling with it for 40 minutes, a thin piece of stiff metal with a ledge at the end, (I used an ikea leftover shelf holder and cut off a few extra bits to make it easier to use) and a rubber band worked great.

I wrapped some gaffers tape around the thin metal to prevent scratches, and forced it between the metal shell and the spring loaded hole thing. I wrapped a rubber band around it a good 5-6 times to hold the metal piece in place, lined up the holes on the frame and the screw went it nicely. At least I know the technique now, and won't waste 40 minutes on it ever again!

Igor Randjelovic -

Thank you! Clear, to the point and worked !

Simon Ray -

Super instructions! It explained the situation I was in and the resolution with easy to understand directions. The photos also helped. Thank you!

Tracey Schneider Roache' -

I need to find a shop to have someone do this as I CAN'T SEE without my glasses, lol. I tried every combination of eyeglass screw replacement/shop, etc. This is the closest. No one has onsite techs with tools…

phinni1 -

Thank you so much for posting this! Found it easier to use the first pin to hold the leg and frame in place then push the second pin into the hinge recess, removing the first pin before putting the screw back in. Thanks again for sharing, great post!

christophercrayk -

I was going nuts trying to figure this out, thank you for posting this guide.

Jose Sifontes -

Spent my day working on it not knowing to pull a spring hinge. Helped a lot thanks!

Amal joseph -

Thanks, this was a big help. When mending my daughter's glasses, I found three things that others may find helpful. Firstly, a second person to apply the screw with tweezers and screw it in was very helpful, as holding the frame and the arm in order to keep the holes aligned sufficiently took two hands to achieve. Secondly, the spring hinge extended more than I thought at first, so that for the first couple of attempts, I discovered that I had not applied enough pressure, when in fact it would open up at least another 0.5mm or so; this doesn't sound like much, but actually made all the difference in being able to align the screw with the holes and also get good purchase with the screw thread. Thirdly, as we used an iFixit kit to achieve this repair, the best thing we found to wedge the spring-hinge notch open with was the 0.7mm hex-head bit. It stayed in place, and by exerting a little leverage pressure on the back of it when my wife was wiggling the screw into position, it helped to let the screw drop in.

George Morley -

So awesome! Many years later, this worked perfectly on my capri prescription frames!

Anastasia Franco -