Make sure to insert the tool right between the plastic cover and the steel cover. If you go too deep, you will pry the steel cover and bend it. The plastic cover is taped to the steel one with some low force glue.

I used my girlfriend’s hair dryer on medium setting to melt the glue a little before pulling the covers off.

It made the removal easier and helped not to damage then.

Hi, I would like to write the guide for the upper part disassembly (I changed the scrollwheel).

Do you mind me reusing the first 2 photos of your first step ? I didn’t take photos of this part.

Or even better, make the first step a separate guide so I can use it as a prerequisite ?

(I had to do this step to replace the antenna flex cable)

I couldn’t pull this connector at all. Tried tip of spudger, flat end of spudger, my nail (which even got a dent in the process ^^) and finally the tweezers (I know, risky) but the little bastard wouldn’t come off…

I managed to pull out the logic board very carefully and twisted it in the least straining way for the cable to access the flex cable on the back.

In the end everything was fine and the repair worked ok.

Switching this step for this repair can be ok if you are extra carefull with twisting the cable