First, I have created several images that help to describe what I am experiencing...
Ever since I got my MBP during the summer of 2010, I have experienced a slight hinge pop from the right side hinge. (See attachments) I had it "fixed" and the sound went away... Then about 4 months later, the sound returns and I have been living with it ever since...
Anyways, this issue is somewhat related to another anomaly that I have experienced.
If I take a piece of paper and slide that piece of paper under the front left foot and then slide that same piece of paper under the front right foot, I can CLEARLY feel a difference in the amount of pressure that the MBP is applying to the surface. Although it isn't grossly apparent, my MBP seems to apply more weight to the left side (side with I/O and battery) than it does to the right side (side with super drive and HDD). Weird?
If I take my screen and a finger and kinda sway the screen back (like pulling back a rubber band), depending on how far the screen is opened, the front right foot will actually bounce up and down (in rhythm with the screen sway).
In day to day use, the MBP doesn't wobble or anything that is grossly apparent. But it doesn't not apply even pressure onto all four feet... ugh.
Another piece to this puzzle is the fact that during a hard drive upgrade, I noticed that the long bottom case screw (logic board corner) can be torqued down substantially farther before it no longer turns anymore. Weird thing is that it doesn't take any more pressure to "secure" than the other screws, it just spins around almost a 1 and a two more revolutions than all the other screw when screwing down into place.
I can tell that what is considered "secure" for this particular screw causes a 1 to 2 mm depression in the bottom case:
http://db.tt/tieslH59
Weird? Yes... So essentially when the screw is fully "secure", the macbook pro isn't quite balanced. I am forced to leave that screw a little "un secure" just so the MBP will stay on all fours...
completely attributed to the hinge.
Ever since I got my MBP during the summer of 2010, I have experienced a slight hinge pop from the right side hinge. (See attachments) I had it "fixed" and the sound went away... Then about 4 months later, the sound returns and I have been living with it ever since...
Anyways, this issue is somewhat related to another anomaly that I have experienced.
If I take a piece of paper and slide that piece of paper under the front left foot and then slide that same piece of paper under the front right foot, I can CLEARLY feel a difference in the amount of pressure that the MBP is applying to the surface. Although it isn't grossly apparent, my MBP seems to apply more weight to the left side (side with I/O and battery) than it does to the right side (side with super drive and HDD). Weird?
If I take my screen and a finger and kinda sway the screen back (like pulling back a rubber band), depending on how far the screen is opened, the front right foot will actually bounce up and down (in rhythm with the screen sway).
In day to day use, the MBP doesn't wobble or anything that is grossly apparent. But it doesn't not apply even pressure onto all four feet... ugh.
Another piece to this puzzle is the fact that during a hard drive upgrade, I noticed that the long bottom case screw (logic board corner) can be torqued down substantially farther before it no longer turns anymore. Weird thing is that it doesn't take any more pressure to "secure" than the other screws, it just spins around almost a 1 and a two more revolutions than all the other screw when screwing down into place.
I can tell that what is considered "secure" for this particular screw causes a 1 to 2 mm depression in the bottom case:
http://db.tt/tieslH59
Weird? Yes... So essentially when the screw is fully "secure", the macbook pro isn't quite balanced. I am forced to leave that screw a little "un secure" just so the MBP will stay on all fours...
completely attributed to the hinge.