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Click Wheel (product details: IF196-009)
  • Use a spudger or the tip of your finger to carefully disconect the orange click wheel ribbon from the logic board.
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  • Use a spudger to pull back on the small black plastic tab holding the click wheel in place.
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  • Continue to pull back on the black plastic tab, use your other hand to press down on the click wheel, and begin to slide it out of the iPod.
  • It's important to press down on the click wheel as you slide it out. Otherwise, the click wheel could be scratched by the iPod's metal casing.
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