Spudger:
A spudger (also known as a spludger or non-marring nylon black stick tool) is a tool used to separate pressure-fit plastic components without causing damage during separation. It has a wide flat-head screwdriver-like end that extends as a wedge, for easy insertion into narrow slots. [Wikipedia]
Man, how did I get to be mumblety-mumblety years old without ever hearing about spudgers!?! Oh, yeah, I’m a software guy. Noted in “Nintendo Wii DVD Drive Replacement,” David Hodson, IFIXIT:
Use a metal spudger to remove the white plastic screw covers stuck to the lower case near the front of the Wii.
And, yes, for the record I failed to repair the Wii, it flashes and dies when hitting the On button, and managed to screw the wrong screws into one place, they won’t come out, so I can’t try to fix whatever mistake it was I made.
