This a tactic I've seen on other Acer Products (a Chromebook specifically) in liew of using screws they use something akin to rivets, only plastic. It looks like this makes use of the same method.
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I unceremoniously ripped the one I was looking for out of the housing. I used an exacto blade to shave the plastic away. I got the key board out, but it lost most of it's rigidity since you can't just screw these back in. You'll likely have to do something similar.
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I unceremoniously ripped the one I was looking for out of the housing. I used an exacto blade to shave the plastic away. I got the key board out, but it lost most of its rigidity since you can't just screw these back in and the only mounting screws were in the corners.
You can try something similar. Perhaps someone has an idea for how to keep the keyboard from sagging.
Otherwise you can probably find the whole palmrest assembly for sale and replace that instead of just the problematic key.
This a tactic I've seen on other Acer Products (a Chromebook specifically) in liew of using screws they use something akin to rivets, only plastic. It looks like this makes use of the same method.
I unceremoniously ripped the one I was looking for out of the housing. I used an exacto blade to shave the plastic away. I got the key board out, but it lost most of it's rigidity since you can't just screw these back in. You'll likely have to do something similar.
You can try something similar. Perhaps someone has an idea for how to keep the keyboard from sagging.
Otherwise you can probably find the whole palmrest assembly for sale and replace that instead of just the problematic key.