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I disassembled one of my FT-70D to troubleshoot non-working internal speaker. Mic works. Audio works via external speaekermic. Turns out I do need to replace the speaker. Warren DU1EIB says the part is available for PhP 500. I promptly re-assembled the radio, and I will repair once I have acquired a replacement part from EIB radio.

Disassembly is fairly straightforward, with no special tools required.



Check out the disassembly instructions here.

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Successful speaker replacement. After my first attempt at disassembly to see if a bad speaker is really the culprit (e.g., whether it could be repaired with contact cleaning or realignment), it now only took me less than 10 minutes to disassemble, replace the speaker, and reassemble the radio. Speaker itself cost 500 pesos from the local yaesu distributor, or an equivalent of US$8.80.