Is removal of the plastic cover over the driver necessary in the first place to remove the headband ? I notice that there is a little hole at the top of the plastic cover for the driver that seems to coincide with where the mechanism for removing the headband is located. Can a sharp object like a SIM card tray tool be used to press on that mechanism through the hole ?
If removing the headband is so easy as pressing such a tool through the hole, I’d really like to know how much Apple would charge for replacing a headband which mesh got damaged.
As a side note, that headband pivot mechanism is incredible in so many ways.