bricked as in hardware failure or software?
If it is software, you can restore MBL by following the debrick guides.
If it is hardware and you are set on removing the hard drive, makes no difference, right?
Anyhow, to debrick and/or open case:
http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live/GUIDE-Debrick-MyBookLive-v2-0/td-p/567582
