This is the first time I've ever commented. The screw to hold the spring hinge open was ingenious! I was using paper clip like everyone else said to use and it kept popping out. I was trying all kinds of things for HOURS. Once I tried the crew, I completed fixing my wife's glasses in minutes. THANKS! God bless!
This helps a lot. The funny this was that my glasses weren’t even broken until I wanted to see what the screw did so I took it apart 😅. But now I know how to put it back so thanks.
After losing 2 screws and cussing enough to make a trucker blush, I found this video. No vise and no more screws, so I used needle nose vice grips and jammed the broken end of the old temple in to hold open. This was ideal for my glasses because anything lager than the temple wouldn’t let the temple slide in enough. But I finally got it thanks to this video. Thanks
DONE! Thanks.. ! NO vise, so I had to do the following: 1. Drill SMALL hole in desk, just large enough, to hold smallest upholstery needle head, I got. 2. Force needle head, in hole, insuring it is TIGHT! 3. Pull back spring loaded hinge with the needle and insert small end of ANYTHING that does NOT slip out, while working the screw, back in. 4. Place ANY SMALL STRONG magnet, onto opposite end of eyeglass screwdriver, of the screw, insure it holds the weight of the screw, and place the screw in the hole and give it slight turn, till, it holds by itself, remove magnet, and check screw for properly being set. 5. Refresh your coffee that's now cold and hand over your work to the 14 year old boy, who fell asleep with them on his face. 6. Then, go make him replace an old outlet, using proper tools and test equipments, including, explaining where to properly place a GFCI in a circuit and how only 1 should be on a circuit and should be 1st inline from the fuse / circuit control panel, blah blah blah. Then, tell him, to wet his fingers and place them in the outlet, to see if he's listening. NO! DON'T DO IT!
I'd like to thank you for this video. After watching it a couple times, and applying your technique and some steady-handed patience, my favorite pair of glasses are back where they belong--on my face. Truly appreciate you taking the time to make and post this video.
I used a piece of super strong and thin dental floss to pull out on the hinge side and align the holes and then had a partner to do the rest. A two person job but I fixed two arms in under two minutes.
Thank you for your video, you are an excellent teacher. I followed your instructions EXACTLY. I was able to replace a broken spring hinge temple with a new temple on my Ray-Ban glasses, which saved me $140 for a new frame. Thanks very much!
Thank you very much!!!! I was mad with the world last night trying all sorts of ways to hold open the springed hinge on my daughters glasses with no success. It took less than 5 minutes after watching your video. Thank you very much once again!!
+Carlos Duron (CJ4JC) I'm very pleased to learn that my video allowed you to complete your repair without frustration. Thank you for taking the time to let me know that it helped. Very best regards!
Absolutely superb, thank you I had been wrestling with my specs for ages, using paper clips and all sorts. The idea of detaining the spring with another screw was excellent, since nothing else has the requisite bite.. thanks again
Worked great, once I saw how it worked I used Cat 5 solid core wires, wrapped(looped) it in the hole, pulled it open, wedged it, then pulled wire loop out. Put glasses together and screw went right in. Removed wedge. Thanks for the advice!
Great video. Worked perfectly!! Much better than other fixes using paperclips etc to hold spring open. Screw stays in place better because it has square end. I used a small screwdriver clamped in the vise rather than a screw to tension the spring.
Great video. Is there a way to replace the actual spring mechanism? I have a pair of expensive plastic frames and the spring hinge that goes inside the metal box attached to the frame broke in half. Many thanks.
My daughter's eyeglass hardware was much smaller, so the paperclip was too large. I used a toothpick and trimmed the end until I was able to fully extend the spring arm. Then I magnetized the end of a small screwdriver and dropped the screw in. It took quite some effort, but it did finally work. Having a small vice would have made things easier.
Thanks so much for this video. . This worked perfectly. I used thin nails to open the hinge and keep it opened as I didn't have spare small screws. Cheers.
My 'tang' completely snapped out of the arm. I don't know how this is possibly repairable as glue or solder would fix the hinge in place, and, if glue, most likely snap off again later. Shame my glasses are so old any markings on them have completely worn off and I have no idea what could possibly be a suitable replacement arm for them, or where to even order any.
All I can add is a vice is not a common tool in your average Joe's tool arsenal. Definitely wouldn't fall in specialty tool category & the only reason I mention this is I recently broke mine & half. Glasses take priority. Lol. Great content.
Great video...The temple arm on my glasses does not spring back so I assume the spring has broken. How do I repair this? Can I buy new spring units? New temple arms? Thanks
I tend to put the tang head into the receiver and put a small pin through the partial hole. Flex the hinge, jam the tang head with another screw and continue as you did.
The situation that I'm in is the tang became detached from the hinge housing- I've been able to find the spring hinge assembly as a complete unit, but how are they attached to the temple? Are they just epoxied in? Or soldered?
Thanks. Hoping you still answer but, mine has a small screw on the side of the temple arm, next to the edge where the hinge would go. Could I possibly make the spring expand by unscrewing it? I don't have a screwdriver small enough for it, but if I can, I could buy one. Unfortunately that's easier than your method, mine's hinge doesn't have a small hole where I could place another screw to hold it.
You have to replace the spring hinge assembly which includes the tang head. However, there are several different methods of retaining this assembly. You may or may not be able to do it yourself. Thanks for watching!
I don't think that this is a replacement because you are not replacing it you are putting a new temple with a spring hinge already there, replacing a hinge would be getting the part and putting it on the temple
We have thousands in stock and can sell you one but you will need to be able to identify the correct size to send and execute the mechanical installation. Or we'd be happy to complete the repairs! Thanks for watching!
lost me at 'no tools needed' (clamp) and 'use a screw' (size of the screw im trying to put into the hole itself as if an extra screw the same size would just be lying around.)
Spring hinges are old out dated and stupid..there are thousands of frames you can buy with having to use spring hinge glasses that have problems way to often!
while I greatly appreciate the video tutorial on how to do this as I've been struggling with it for a day now. My lord friend did you have to make everyone watching it feels as though they've been stuck in special ed. for 15 years? Really? Man. I was watching it like JUST GET TO THE POINT! anyway, thanks Mr. Rodgers. Please next video makes the viewer feel as though they know how to spell their own name.
In a vise? You mean my glasses are so technical that I need advise? What crap. How can you support the crap of optometry for this crap. The screw tots out I spring loaded crap glasses. And I have a replacement pair of safety glasses and a brick hit me in the head and they wanted more than what it costed for the glasses and lenses to fix them and I was so mad. I spent days trying to fix them. I have a video coming soon
WHAT AN AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO....IVE been searching for 20mins. YOU REALLY NEED TO MAKE MORE VIDEOS, YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER....THANK YOU
I was using dimes, credit cards and all manner of paper products, trying to wedge that spring open, using a screw is brilliant!
This is the first time I've ever commented. The screw to hold the spring hinge open was ingenious! I was using paper clip like everyone else said to use and it kept popping out. I was trying all kinds of things for HOURS. Once I tried the crew, I completed fixing my wife's glasses in minutes. THANKS! God bless!
Totally agree..u have to have the teeth of the screw hold it open or it will slip if your just use a paperclip
This helps a lot. The funny this was that my glasses weren’t even broken until I wanted to see what the screw did so I took it apart 😅. But now I know how to put it back so thanks.
After losing 2 screws and cussing enough to make a trucker blush, I found this video. No vise and no more screws, so I used needle nose vice grips and jammed the broken end of the old temple in to hold open. This was ideal for my glasses because anything lager than the temple wouldn’t let the temple slide in enough. But I finally got it thanks to this video. Thanks
DONE! Thanks.. ! NO vise, so I had to do the following:
1. Drill SMALL hole in desk, just large enough, to hold smallest upholstery needle head, I got.
2. Force needle head, in hole, insuring it is TIGHT!
3. Pull back spring loaded hinge with the needle and insert small end of ANYTHING that does NOT slip out, while working the screw, back in.
4. Place ANY SMALL STRONG magnet, onto opposite end of eyeglass screwdriver, of the screw, insure it holds the weight of the screw, and place the screw in the hole and give it slight turn, till, it holds by itself, remove magnet, and check screw for properly being set.
5. Refresh your coffee that's now cold and hand over your work to the 14 year old boy, who fell asleep with them on his face.
6. Then, go make him replace an old outlet, using proper tools and test equipments, including, explaining where to properly place a GFCI in a circuit and how only 1 should be on a circuit and should be 1st inline from the fuse / circuit control panel, blah blah blah. Then, tell him, to wet his fingers and place them in the outlet, to see if he's listening. NO! DON'T DO IT!
I'd like to thank you for this video. After watching it a couple times, and applying your technique and some steady-handed patience, my favorite pair of glasses are back where they belong--on my face. Truly appreciate you taking the time to make and post this video.
A 4 year old video help me fix my eye glasses today. Thanks!
Glad it works for you. Plenty of these hinge springs are made without any space to do what you describe.
I used a piece of super strong and thin dental floss to pull out on the hinge side and align the holes and then had a partner to do the rest. A two person job but I fixed two arms in under two minutes.
Thank you so much, you have no idea how many people you have helped. God bless you.
Thank you for your video, you are an excellent teacher. I followed your instructions EXACTLY. I was able to replace a broken spring hinge temple with a new temple on my Ray-Ban glasses, which saved me $140 for a new frame. Thanks very much!
Thankyou so much for this. Will be saving a perfectly good pair of glasses :)
Thank you very much!!!! I was mad with the world last night trying all sorts of ways to hold open the springed hinge on my daughters glasses with no success. It took less than 5 minutes after watching your video. Thank you very much once again!!
+Carlos Duron (CJ4JC) I'm very pleased to learn that my video allowed you to complete your repair without frustration. Thank you for taking the time to let me know that it helped. Very best regards!
Whoa. Sounds like me.....mad at the world part. Im halfway there just gotta try this method now.
Absolutely superb, thank you I had been wrestling with my specs for ages, using paper clips and all sorts. The idea of detaining the spring with another screw was excellent, since nothing else has the requisite bite.. thanks again
I used a watch band pin
Worked great, once I saw how it worked I used Cat 5 solid core wires, wrapped(looped) it in the hole, pulled it open, wedged it, then pulled wire loop out. Put glasses together and screw went right in. Removed wedge. Thanks for the advice!
Thanks for the vid, was angry after trying to put it back together. Your video made it easy to understand, thank you.
Great video. Worked perfectly!! Much better than other fixes using paperclips etc to hold spring open. Screw stays in place better because it has square end. I used a small screwdriver clamped in the vise rather than a screw to tension the spring.
Great video. Is there a way to replace the actual spring mechanism? I have a pair of expensive plastic frames and the spring hinge that goes inside the metal box attached to the frame broke in half. Many thanks.
My daughter's eyeglass hardware was much smaller, so the paperclip was too large. I used a toothpick and trimmed the end until I was able to fully extend the spring arm. Then I magnetized the end of a small screwdriver and dropped the screw in. It took quite some effort, but it did finally work. Having a small vice would have made things easier.
Thanks so much for this video. . This worked perfectly. I used thin nails to open the hinge and keep it opened as I didn't have spare small screws. Cheers.
Back of your hand, and all the card board cut outs looks real good.
Thanks very much. This was incredibly helpful, and was able to get my glasses fixed quickly.
My 'tang' completely snapped out of the arm.
I don't know how this is possibly repairable as glue or solder would fix the hinge in place, and, if glue, most likely snap off again later.
Shame my glasses are so old any markings on them have completely worn off and I have no idea what could possibly be a suitable replacement arm for them, or where to even order any.
All I can add is a vice is not a common tool in your average Joe's tool arsenal. Definitely wouldn't fall in specialty tool category & the only reason I mention this is I recently broke mine & half. Glasses take priority. Lol. Great content.
Thank you so very much. It took me 5 minutes after an hours fiddling around.
Great video...The temple arm on my glasses does not spring back so I assume the spring has broken. How do I repair this? Can I buy new spring units? New temple arms? Thanks
I tend to put the tang head into the receiver and put a small pin through the partial hole. Flex the hinge, jam the tang head with another screw and continue as you did.
The situation that I'm in is the tang became detached from the hinge housing- I've been able to find the spring hinge assembly as a complete unit, but how are they attached to the temple? Are they just epoxied in? Or soldered?
Thanks. Hoping you still answer but, mine has a small screw on the side of the temple arm, next to the edge where the hinge would go. Could I possibly make the spring expand by unscrewing it? I don't have a screwdriver small enough for it, but if I can, I could buy one. Unfortunately that's easier than your method, mine's hinge doesn't have a small hole where I could place another screw to hold it.
How to replace actual spring.
how do you replace a spring rod when the tanghead snaps off in the box ?
i want to thank you i had to use 2 vise grips to replace a vice but it worked any ways
That's great, glad to be helpful.
Thanks for letting me see my crush. I can wear my eyeglasses now. 😁
thanks for your video i was able to dix my kids glasses real quick thank you
you are DA MAN!! Thank you for this video.
What if the tang head comes out of the temple arm? Order a new temple arm with the spring hinge included?
You have to replace the spring hinge assembly which includes the tang head. However, there are several different methods of retaining this assembly. You may or may not be able to do it yourself. Thanks for watching!
thank you so much! you saved me! Thank you!
What if the tang head is broken from the tang? Is there a way to replace the spring and the tang within the spring housing?
Randy Medors have you found a fix I have the same issue
Negative, nobody has answered me from this vid and I haven't found anything locally either. :-(
Me too! The spring itself has broken - no way to pull anything out and re-install screw.
Thank you, got them back together
I don't think that this is a replacement because you are not replacing it you are putting a new temple with a spring hinge already there, replacing a hinge would be getting the part and putting it on the temple
Nicely explained 👍
GREAT video
Thank you!
Nicely explained...thank u :)
this is not a spring hinge replacement , this is a temple arm replacement. i have a broken spring hinge which has snapped off inside.
very helpful....thanks
Excellent. thanks!
Thanks, worked great!
Thanks , I would have done it without your help
Very nice! Thank you!
Some people use a paper clip to hold it open
how do you fix a loss FLEX-HINGE?
We have thousands in stock and can sell you one but you will need to be able to identify the correct size to send and execute the mechanical installation. Or we'd be happy to complete the repairs! Thanks for watching!
thanks my friend.....!
No tools need! Except the vice that most people probably don't have. This is a lot harder than it looks.
I simply jammed a hook in my desk and pulled it open as my vise was out to the barn
Paper clip too.
That had to be the most annoying thing I have ever done, the screw kept popping out.
The spring on my hinge is too powerful that if you pull the ring it will break it 😐
I am doing this for years..
smart way realy
lol, no tools.. ummm... EXCEPT.. you'll need these TOOLS!!!!
lost me at 'no tools needed' (clamp) and 'use a screw' (size of the screw im trying to put into the hole itself as if an extra screw the same size would just be lying around.)
Stumbled upon this video looking for solder repairs. If you need a video to do put a screw in the temple arms lord help you.
Whoever invented spring hinges deserves a special place in hell! It’s ridiculous
Spring hinges are old out dated and stupid..there are thousands of frames you can buy with having to use spring hinge glasses that have problems way to often!
Jay sree ram
You act like they are all the same. They aren't.
Mine were
while I greatly appreciate the video tutorial on how to do this as I've been struggling with it for a day now. My lord friend did you have to make everyone watching it feels as though they've been stuck in special ed. for 15 years? Really? Man. I was watching it like JUST GET TO THE POINT! anyway, thanks Mr. Rodgers. Please next video makes the viewer feel as though they know how to spell their own name.
You can fix them yourself and not this way. Screw this guy. How dare him charge a penny for a shit design.
In a vise? You mean my glasses are so technical that I need advise? What crap. How can you support the crap of optometry for this crap. The screw tots out I spring loaded crap glasses. And I have a replacement pair of safety glasses and a brick hit me in the head and they wanted more than what it costed for the glasses and lenses to fix them and I was so mad. I spent days trying to fix them. I have a video coming soon