Before we begin it is advised to carefully read through the whole guide to get the full idea on the processes involved.

We begin at the stage where the top case with all its components have already been removed, except for the microphone, backlight and keyboard. We can now begin the process to remove them, install a new keyboard & if necessary a new backlight.

It is optional if you want to remove the touch pad but it is not necessary to do so, I have always left it as it is without any issues.