Thank you for the comments about removing the “innards”. I spent a couple hours yesterday trying to remove those red clips! This morning I saw the comments. It’s still a little bit of a challenge to get both elbows pried, but I found out it’s easier if you apply quite a bit of pressure to the brush end while manipulating the elbows. At first I was trying to light of pressure and the opposite elbow would always fall back into the depression while I tried to pry the other side. More pressure and the problem was resolved. Again, thanks to Craig for his observation. ifixit needs to correct the above instructions to reflect this.