removing iMac glass

[Pants]

To get inside an iMac, you obviously have to remove the LCD panel which looks relatively easy, but first you need to get the glass off the front...

Is that all? I was kind of intimidated by these 'till I watched a video. Getting the glass off the front doesn't look that hard if you have a suction cup.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

That's pretty much it, just get a good suction cup. Just learned this myself recently. The hard part seems to be making sure there is not dust when you put the glass back on.

 

[cyabro]

That's for the older iMacs, try it on the new slim models.
Glass is stuck on like an iPad screen!

 

[Pants]

That's for the older iMacs, try it on the new slim models.
Glass is stuck on like an iPad screen!

Stuck, as in glued on....with heat gun needed to pry it off?

 

[phaZed]

Stuck, as in glued on....with heat gun needed to pry it off?

Yes, exactly.. the trick is not to break the glass because it is difficult to get heat evenly across the entire edge of the surround.

 

[altrenda]

The new iMacs have the glass and screen fused together, like an iPad, and are attached with adhesive.

As said above, heat, guitar picks, time and patience are required to remove it without breaking it.

You can't reuse the adhesive, you need to replace it, and it can be a bit tricky to get back on.

 

[Pants]

I've got a pretty good hot-air rework station...That would suffice instead of a heat gun wouldn't it?

Any recommended temperature to set on my hot air station?

 

[cyabro]

We are an aasp so have access to the official apple repair tools.
The one they have for the new iMacs is like a mini pizza cutter with a small roller that you basically slip between the glass and aluminium case and then roll backwards and forwards all the way around.
Eventually it breaks through enough adhesive for you to be able to remove the glass and panel unit.
As stated above you then need to remove the old adhesive and apply new strips, which we also get from apple.
No heat is required to get the glass off or the old adhesive.

 

[Pants]

This looks like a handy kit:

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/iOpener/IF145-198


Is there a generic version of those pizza cutter tools you can buy from amazon or somewhere else?

 

[JustInspired]

This looks like a handy kit:

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/iOpener/IF145-198


Is there a generic version of those pizza cutter tools you can buy from amazon or somewhere else?

You mean like this? https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/iMac-Opening-Tool/IF145-219

You were sooo close. [emoji1]

 

[Pants]

You mean like this? https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/iMac-Opening-Tool/IF145-219

You were sooo close. [emoji1]

Lol Thanks. That's perfect