The tolerances on that grill are amazing. I had the same problem and the same solution works: Pull Up on the Grill - I used tweezers and pulled up seting that grill into the groove. My eyes are not good enough to even see the groove but it must be there as I could not get the second dog eye into the impression ( right and left ) until I did this plug up exercise.... And don't be after of applying a bit of force to get this thing in place.
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The tolerances on that grill are amazing. I had the same problem and the same solution works: Pull Up on the Grill - I used tweezers and pulled up seting that grill into the groove. My eyes are not good enough to even see the groove but it must be there as I could not get the second grill dog ear into the impression ( right and left ) until I did this pull up exercise.... And don't be afraid of applying a bit of force to get this thing in place.
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My procedure after a dozen failures to get the last screw in ( four total involved ) Put one of the left or right ones in and do not totally tighten it. Then screw in both of the long screws used to attach the HHD/SSD to the grill. Now use the upward pressure to giggle the grill into the slot until the unscrewed dogear is nicely centered in the impression. Jump for joy. :-) Put in the last T-6 screen and tighten all of the screws.
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My procedure after a dozen failures to get the last screw in ( four screws involved ) Put one of the left or right short T-6 screws in one of the dog ear tabs but do not totally tighten it down. Then screw in both of the long T-6 screws used to attach the HDD/SSD to the grill. Now use the upward pressure to giggle the grill into the slot until the final unscrewed dog ear tab is nicely centered its impression. Stop and 'Jump for Joy' :-) FInally, put in the last T-6 screw and tighten all of the screws.
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Finally thank and curse Apple for such amazing precision.
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And one more think: thank and curse Apple for such amazing precision.
The tolerances on that grill are amazing. I had the same problem and the same solution works: Pull Up on the Grill - I used tweezers and pulled up seting that grill into the groove. My eye are not good enough to even see the groove but it must be there as I could not get the second dog eye into the impression ( right and left ) until I did this plug up exercise.... And don't be after of applying a bit of force to get this thing in place.
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The tolerances on that grill are amazing. I had the same problem and the same solution works: Pull Up on the Grill - I used tweezers and pulled up seting that grill into the groove. My eyes are not good enough to even see the groove but it must be there as I could not get the second dog eye into the impression ( right and left ) until I did this plug up exercise.... And don't be after of applying a bit of force to get this thing in place.
My procedure after a dozen failures to get the last screw in ( four total involved ) Put one of the left or right ones in and do not totally tighten it. Then screw in both of the long screws used to attach the HHD/SSD to the grill. Now use the upward pressure to giggle the grill into the slot until the unscrewed dogear is nicely centered in the impression. Jump for joy. :-) Put in the last T-6 screen and tighten all of the screws.
Finally thank and curse Apple for such amazing precision.
The tolerances on that grill are amazing. I had the same problem and the same solution works: Plug Up - I used tweezers and pulled up seting that grill into the groove. My eye are not good enough to even see the groove but it must be there as I could not get the second dog eye into the impression ( right and left ) until I did this plug up exercise.... And don't be after of applying a bit of force to get this thing in place.
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The tolerances on that grill are amazing. I had the same problem and the same solution works: Pull Up on the Grill - I used tweezers and pulled up seting that grill into the groove. My eye are not good enough to even see the groove but it must be there as I could not get the second dog eye into the impression ( right and left ) until I did this plug up exercise.... And don't be after of applying a bit of force to get this thing in place.
My procedure after a dozen failures to get the last screw in ( four total involved ) Put one of the left or right ones in and do not totally tighten it. Then screw in both of the long screws used to attach the HHD/SSD to the grill. Now use the upward pressure to giggle the grill into the slot until the unscrewed dogear is nicely centered in the impression. Jump for joy. :-) Put in the last T-6 screen and tighten all of the screws.
Finally thank and curse Apple for such amazing precision.
The tolerances on that grill are amazing. I had the same problem and the same solution works: Plug Up - I used tweezers and pulled up seting that grill into the groove. My eye are not good enough to even see the groove but it must be there as I could not get the second dog eye into the impression ( right and left ) until I did this plug up exercise.... And don't be after of applying a bit of force to get this thing in place.
My procedure after a dozen failures to get the last screw in ( four total involved ) Put one of the left or right ones in and do not totally tighten it. Then screw in both of the long screws used to attach the HHD/SSD to the grill. Now use the upward pressure to giggle the grill into the slot until the unscrewed dogear is nicely centered in the impression. Jump for joy. :-) Put in the last T-6 screen and tighten all of the screws.
Finally thank and curse Apple for such amazing precision.