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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Ear bud, use our service manual.

  1. Ear bud Teardown, Ear bud Teardown: step 1, image 1 of 2 Ear bud Teardown, Ear bud Teardown: step 1, image 2 of 2
    • As you can see this is your average ear bud, from these two pictures you can see the front and the back.

  2. Ear bud Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 3 Ear bud Teardown: step 2, image 2 of 3 Ear bud Teardown: step 2, image 3 of 3
    • Take the silver covering off of the ear bud, notice the black wire connecting the two (the wire should be knotted)

  3. Ear bud Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 2 Ear bud Teardown: step 3, image 2 of 2
    • Now detach the black shell completely.

  4. Ear bud Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 2 Ear bud Teardown: step 4, image 2 of 2
    • Remove the black wire from the ear bud. Take the copper colored wire out of the black covering

  5. Ear bud Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 1
    • This is what is inside the ear bud. You will see a silver ring surrounding the wires, and protecting cellophane around it.

  6. Ear bud Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 3 Ear bud Teardown: step 6, image 2 of 3 Ear bud Teardown: step 6, image 3 of 3
    • On the ear bud you will see a magnet on the inside of the black encasing, Remove the Magnet from the encasing.

  7. Ear bud Teardown: step 7, image 1 of 2 Ear bud Teardown: step 7, image 2 of 2
    • This is the copper band that was suronding the magnet.

  8. Ear bud Teardown: step 8, image 1 of 2 Ear bud Teardown: step 8, image 2 of 2
    • This is the black ring that was around the magnet.

  9. Ear bud Teardown: step 9, image 1 of 3 Ear bud Teardown: step 9, image 2 of 3 Ear bud Teardown: step 9, image 3 of 3
    • Take the ear bud, with the cellophane like wraping and remove the silver chip

  10. Ear bud Teardown: step 10, image 1 of 2 Ear bud Teardown: step 10, image 2 of 2
    • This is were the magnet was and were the chip was attached too.

  11. Ear bud Teardown: step 11, image 1 of 1
    • This is what the Finished product should look like. These are the things that you will find when you take apart you ear bud

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