Tablet Insertion force
Hi Joepo,
I got my kit today and was very excited, watched your video again and fitting them to the correct spots was easy.
But for my tablet it made it a VERY tight fit, to the extend that I felt uncomfortable having to use that much force. I had to re-position the right side once to make the lock mechanism work (just as sbdags it seems).
Once it was locked, it does sit very tight, the wobble is gone, but unfortunately I still have the disconnect problem. Doesn't take much movement of the screen to first disconnect the dock SD and then the dock itself.
Since I have to pull/push pretty hard to detach/attach to lock the tablet, I took the metal spacers out again.
I am going to try to return the dock (once again), hoping Circuit City still takes it back AND by now has the new production line from 2014 rumored to not have that problem... :fingers-crossed:
Check out the pictures - if I did something wrong attaching the spacers, let me know.
Hi there,
I read your message and saw your pics; their positioning looks fine to me.
In some cases, after correcting the position of a part, the sticky layer may have foulded up a bit when replacing, causing a slightly thicker tooth and therefor the extra force to insert. I cannot judge that from your pics. Removing both metal spacers only makes it mechanically unstable again, plus the connector is 'out of centre' because it misses filling-thickness on the front-half.
The modification is successfull because of a match in thickness and position of the 4 parts. Modifying both the dock and tablet, cause the the electrical connector to keep its original position after the mod, necessary to make a good fit. Since the mechanical stress on the connector is gone after the mod, its position is stable when opening and closing.
What you may try to attempt, is to place the 2 metal spacers back and loosen the 2 black screws on each side of the electrical connector WITH ONLY 1 COMPLETE TURN MAX, so COUNTER CLOCKWISE, to loosen-up the connector from the dock chassis a bit. This very minimal release make the connector mechanically 'seek' when docking.
Before coming up with this mod, I measured over 15 pcs TF701 tablet openings plus dock hinge tooth, and they all matched within 0.1mm exactly. I use 2 TF701 combo's myself. I worked with models from november 2013 to may 2014, all having the same mechanical issue.
Before shipment, I try all the parts myself, and never encountered this excessive insertion force, only a real exact fit, never worrying.
I have no experience with the latest 2014 docks, where some say wobble / connection issue is solved, and some say it is not...
Could it be you used the mod parts on a 'newer' 2014 dock?
Again, I have no experience with this version.
Hope this helps!
Kind regards,
Joep
