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This disassembly guide for the 17″ MacBook Pro has been generously provided by TakeItApart forum user Risotto.
The memory cover taken apart.
After removing all screws on the side and on the bottom of the case the cover with the keyboard can be lifted off the base.
The other side…
Don’t forget to gently unplug the keyboard cable.
View from the top with the keyboard removed.
The back of the cover with the keyboard and the trackpad.
Closeup of the keyboard from behind.
Those black tapes will have to be pealed off to access some more screws…
Must be one of two light sensors for the keyboard backlight…
Another light-sensor.
The right fan with the connector for the display. Looks very fragile.
Left fan.
The harddisk with the bluetooth module on the left.
The WLAN card with the expansion slot underneath.
The left speakers
Back to the keyboard disassembling: peal off the protecting tape and remove the screws below.
There is one hidden quite nastily…
The trackpad from behind. The protecting sheet will also have to be removed in order to disconnect the keyboard.
Peal it off gently
Ok, now we finally have the keyboard removed
The keyboard consists of different layers.
This is the reflecting layer for the backlight.
It has 4 leds built in.
See the leds? They reflect on the white surface of the sheet.
Next, there is a plastic sheet. I don’t really understand the use for this.
The sheet in between has funny markings on it. No idea what they’re for.
To remove the caps pull steadily on the top of the key. Don’t lift the cap to high. It will snap off when pulling gently.
Now that the keyboard has been rinsed under flowing water it has to be drained. I used compressed air to get the water out of it.
I took off some more caps to let the water evaporate more easily.
The suspensions are rather fragile. Carefull!
The cables off the wlan antennae run into the display as can be seen here.
Have no idea what that thing on the right is used for. It has three cables… First I thought it was the mike, but it isn’t!
The bluetooth module.
The loudspeakers and the light-sensor on the left.
Again, loudspeaker and light-sensor on the right.
Memory by Nanya? Who is nanya? Never heard from them…
On the lower left, the mike.
In the middle you can see the keyboard connector for the flat-cable. It can be tricky to be found when reassembling the case.
Those flat-cable connectors have a mechanism to be opened. The picture shows an opened connector.
Same thing here. It is opened in this picture…
…and closed in this one.
Don’t forget all those screws when reassembling.
The tools used. Be sure to have the right ones or you will break the screws. You need a very small philips screwdriver as well a Torx bit.
After reassembling, it still works! 
Pheww….
