Does anyone know or has experiened the loss, replacement, or purchasing of new circular rubber foot pads from the bottom of their macbook pro. I was typing one day and realized I wobbled on my desk, and long and behold, when I checked I lacked 1 Rubber foot pad, which i've looked for everywhere.
Can anyone tell me their experiance of buying new ones, or whatever they did. Please and Thank You 🙂
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Rubber Foot Pads
Every decent hardware store carries a wide variety of self-adhesive rubber, plastic, cork and felt furniture feet in various sizes for less than $1 apiece, usually in sets of four or eight. Pick a set and replace all four of your MBP's original feet for less than a tenth of what a new bottom pan will cost.
Every decent hardware store carries a wide variety of self-adhesive rubber, plastic, cork and felt furniture feet in various sizes for less than $1 apiece, usually in sets of four or eight. Pick a set and replace all four of your MBP's original feet for less than a tenth of what a new bottom pan will cost.
Here is the solution from Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5236?viewlocale=en_US
If you dont have apple care, it costs around 22 bucks with shipping.
You can get a set of 4 replacement feet for $12.95 from the link below:
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Macbook-Unibody-Feet-Replacement-Black-p-23146.htm l
Just to close the loop for anyone who comes across this on google:
I took my MacBook Pro to an Apple store. The genius took one look and and repaired it - under warranty.
Only problem was that they didn't have any rubber feet. So they replaced the entire baseplate instead.
It might be worth mentioning that I have AppleCare...
shldr2thewheel wrote:
This is not covered under warranty.
It seems like this IS covered under warranty, in fact it seems that Apple have started a replacement program for those who've had this problem: http://www.apple.com/support/macbook-bottomcase/
Unless I'm missing something this will almost certainly be covered - even if it falls outside of scope of the replacement program, if the laptop is showing the same fault, then you can make a good argument that it should be fixed.
EDIT: OK, seems that is only for the plastic MacBooks and not the aluminium ones. Still seems like an argument for a manufacturing issue could be made pretty coherently given the issues in the past.
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I just bought some sugru (its a putty that turns into a rubbery silicone when it cures) and I plan on using that to fix the rubber foot pads of my computer.
The DIY kit just seems too intense for me. Sorry, its just too much with the glue and everything.
I have seen them offered on Ebay, second hand. The price was rather high for a 5/8 diameter piece of rubber. If you can't find your original foot, eww's suggestion is your best option.
Ciao.
WONDERFULL!!
And if when the bottom plates were stamped out in the manufacturing process with dimples in the aluminum where the feet are, there would be no need for the rubber feet. As much as I appreciate the engineering thought and execution in the MBPs, this has been an irritating flaw in the MBP design going back to the original ones (with the little plastic feet). Clearly not a solution but at least a bandaid.
Ciao.
Absurdly overpriced for those not under warranty or AppleCare, but at least Apple is finally offering something besides replacing the whole bottom pan of the computer for twice as much. It's about time.
several people have had this issue, and you can't find the black feet for sale. The only solution is to purchase a new bottom case. This is not covered under warranty. Maybe a small piece of felt in its place?
rubber foot pad fell off
