Disassembling General Electric Telephone 2-9710A Handset

Remove the phone cord from the phone jack from the base of the headset.

• Use a plastic opening tool to remove the phone cord.

Remove the phone cord screw cap.

• Unscrew the 7.5mm screw.
• Remove the screw cap.

Remove the cord from the phone base.

Remove the plastic cover with a Plastic Opening Tool by gently sliding the tool underneath the plastic and pry the cover off.

Remove the paper with a Plastic Opening Tool by gently sliding the tool underneath and prying the paper away from the phone.

Remove the rubber stopper with a Plastic Opening Tool by gently sliding the tool underneath and pry away from the phone.

Remove the two screws.

• Remove the 2 21mm screws by using a Philips #1 screwdriver.

Pull apart the handset by pulling the shell away from the other half of the phone.

Remove 3 screws attaching the logic board to shell.

• Remove the 13mm screw with a Philips #1 screwdriver.
• Remove the 2 13mm screws with washers with a Philips #1 screwdriver.

Slide out the phone jack from the shell by gently lifting up the phone jack.

Without removing the logic board completely, pivot the logic board out of shell.