Pixel Repair

[sasquatch]

So, I got mine apart except for the black plastic housing on the backside of the gauge. Removed the screws on the face, got the two "clips" loose from below the pixel display, and tried to pop off the black housing but it wouldn't budge. How did you get the actual gauge cluster out of the black housing? Brute force?

[iboma1977]

Sas - I'm at the same spot. Seems to be 2 small rivets holding the black backing in place just below the connector ports. I'm assuming they need to be drilled out to remove the backing, but not entirely sure.

[Sundayjumper]

To remove the back casing there's several things you need to do:

Five plastic "X" shapes on the back you have to twist by about 15 degrees
The three big connectors all have a tiny clip built into them
The eight screws from the front of the display

There were no rivets to drill - at least on my one anyway.

Surely there's a proper write up with photos online somewhere ??

[Gixxerboy63]

Is this what you are looking for? The instrument cluster removal is covered in the first steps.
http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/...t-cluster.html

[iboma1977]

First off, thanks for all the replies! I'm very thankful for those that are posting to help with this. I know there have been many tutorials on this process and I've read most of them. have gotten the outer covering off and removed all the torx screws on the front of the display. I'm attempting to remove the black plastic housing from the circuit board to access the ribbon cable.

I am following the instructions posted in this link PIXEL FIX DIY write up, about a 2 hour job and some patience (Long pic warning) and it's showing the housing being removed in pictures 7 and 8 prior to drilling the access point to remove the display.

I've removed all the torx screws I could find on the front and the bottom clips pop off, but the housing still seems attached. I really don't want to break anything, so I'm just wondering what I'm doing wrong.

[Sundayjumper]

Did you get the clips on the connectors ? One is just visible here at the top left of the white part, the rest are similar:

[iboma1977]

Wow, no - didn't even see those! I'll be home in a little while to check it out. Thanks for pointing those out!

[sasquatch]

I didn't see those either. That would explain why the back cover wasn't coming off.

[Patrick-Irish]

You need about 5 hands to do this job with all the clips to be disengaged simultaneously.

[iboma1977]

Originally Posted by Sundayjumper

Did you get the clips on the connectors ? One is just visible here at the top left of the white part, the rest are similar:

Great call! This did the trick - Amazing! Thanks again for all your help.