just place it directly below the cracked plastic separator (where there should be a little space between each connector). If you didn’t have an empty port near the ones that cracked, you could still apply the same basic fix, using a much smaller diameter screw and your own nut.

I can’t tell you the exact screw diameter or thread pitch as i just dug around in my bucket of random bolts till i found one that worked. Next, a larger hole on the opposite side using the always handy step-bit (aka Unibit). I drilled a small pilot hole from the threaded side first so my screw would line up. Since i wasn’t populating the hole for the thunderbolt port, it seemed the most elegant solution would be to use the existing threads for that connector as the nut. I figured an extra screw to hold the 2 opposing sides together would fix the issue – and it did. it took me longer to sort photos and create this post than to finish the fix. the newer versions shouldn’t have this issue due to several enhancements in design, including a mostly metal chassis. i also wasn’t using “official” cables from Henge Docks for the USB 3.0 connections (because they didn’t exist for quite a while). On quick inspection i noticed that the thin plastic between each connector had split in 3 locations. unfortunately my version is one of the first generation all-plastic vertical docking stands (for the pre-Retina Macbook Pro). I really dig my Henge Docks vertical docking stand so i was bummed when the connectors stopped lining up consistently.

Hardware, consumerism | Maquickie: how-to fix a cracked Henge Docks vertical 1st gen stand for Macbook Pro

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