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Is your trackpoint broken? Let's replace its inner assembly!

First up, remove the red trackpoint cap. Just pull it with your hand, and it should easily come off:

Unscrew the two large screws at the bottom of the module:

Separate the top and bottom module parts. You don't actually need any tools, and they should come apart easily when pulling them with your hands in opposite directions:

With the top and bottom parts apart, you should see the following:

Lift the assembly with a prying tool. Don't try to separate the blue circuit board from the black spacer beneath because they're glued together:

Disconnect the assembly from the FFC connector by pulling the cable in the opposite direction:

Now the assembly should be separated from the module:

Take the new assembly, and reverse the above steps to assemble your module with it.