I'm just afraid that Uniden won't have the parts I need (keypad, Circuit board, speaker) because if that's the case I'm probably screwed because I don't know where I'm going to find $600 bucks for a new Uniden. there expensive!
You would expect a big company like Uniden to offer financing?
Or maybe I'm just dreaming, LOL
Keypad - The keypad is generally three major parts. 1) the lands on the circuit board that does the electrical connections for the switch (easily repaired and rarely damaged). 2) The metal part molded to the switch housing (a commodity part that's easily repaired). 3) The molded plastic you press (often a custom design, but if you don't abuse it lasts the life of the product).
Circuit board - Custom part so it's generally not easily available. It's generally very difficult to damage (it's buried deep inside the radio so to damage it you either must do serious harm to the radio or have significant burn damage). Unless it's really seriously damaged, it's fairly easy to make minor repairs using jumper wires, non-conducting epoxy, or a circuit trace pen.
Speaker - Commodity part. Most likely a repair shop will have one on hand or can order one from their supplier. Even if it's not an exact match, one nearly the same size, shape, and electrical values can easily be installed so you can't tell that it isn't stock.
Components - Most individual components are standard and are on hand or quickly available from a supplier.
Case parts - Custom parts so generally not easily available. Depending on the damage, they may be able to repair using plastic repair solutions (heat, glue, or other products to repair the damage) but may still be visible depending upon the damage done. Solution, don't smash with a hammer.
Custom parts - Custom parts so generally not easily available. Custom ICs may be used, but due to cost, this wouldn't be the company's first choice. Perhaps a daughter board can be built using standard parts to replace them, but generally this would be expensive to do.
Custom part - CPU. A custom CPU is generally not available. A CPU where a combination of CPU, ROM, Flash ROM, and RAM may be used. Often even then, the ROM (the custom part of the chip) can be bypassed if the device allows firmware updates. You can generally get a similar chip without the ROM (or replaced with Flash ROM) and simply flash the firmware when a replacement is needed. The ROM often is only the initial firmware and shipped with upgraded firmware anyway so the ROM is only there to provide a "known good" firmware, used only to allow a new flash upgrade when one failed.
Note, these are general parts replacement/repair solutions and may not always apply. A good repair shop should know them and when to (and more importantly when not to) apply them.
