Bose QuietComfort 35 Repairing the power button slider Replacement
ID: 158255
Description: The slider button had a part broken off; this...
Steps:
- These Bose headphones have a power slider on the bottom shell in the picture. After 3 or so years, the slider no longer engages, and after disassembly it can be seen that a part of the slider has broken off. This can be fixed with glue and a heat-shrink tube.
- ... as seen on Youtube: remove the earpads by gently pulling, they are held in place by clips.
- Then remove the cloth; it has been glued, but can be pried off. Opening a single edge is sufficient to find the three screws.
- Minor tears are no concern; in this case when reassembling, double sided sticky tape has been used.
- The shell is held in place by three phillips screws, see photos. Then the shell at the back can gently be pried off.
- it may be helpful to use tape to pull the shell. Whilst opening, the power slide and the bit that broke of fell out.
- Glueing the broken part in place with instant glue restores the shape; here an additional heat shrink tube has been added for extra strength.
- Gently heat the tube so that it pulls the part in place.
- Also, the instant gluemade the opening a bit more narrow than original, so some smal torx have been used to widen the hole a bit. A very small drill would work as well.
- Place the sider back, where the knop is oriented towards the centre of the headphone shell.
