Sony ULT WEAR Hinges Replacement
ID: 185740
Description: If your Sony ULT Wear headphones are...
Steps:
- Fold the effected hinge's headphone cans inward to reveal four screws.
- Remove the four screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
- There are two 4.3 mm screws on the bottom of the headband and two 3.5 mm screws on the sides of the hinge.
- Remove plastic casing between the screws to reveal metallic hinge and top of wire.
- Lift and slide the top headband casing off.
- Lift and slide bottom headband casing to reveal the rest of the wire and hinge.
- On the bottom plastic casing remove the two 3.5 mm Phillips screws attached at the metallic hinge.
- Move the headphone wire out of the way.
- Under the headphone wire there is a third screw on the metallic hinge. Remove this screw to remove the hinge.
- There are three 0.5 mm screws holding the hinge. Two of them are located on the exterior and one is underneath the speaker wire.
- Remove the screw under the speaker wire to remove the can hinge.
- After removing the screws, there is another 3.5 mm screw on the actual hinge piece that must be removed.
- Remove the plastic shell.
- Right under the inner part of the hinge, there is a small metal wedge holding the hinge in place. Remove this piece.