Pentax ZX-5n Top Cover Replacement

ID: 181997

Description:

Steps:

1. Push down on the screw to depress the spring loaded hinge and release the door.

2. Remove six 5.3 mm #00 screws.
3. Remove one 3.4 mm #00 screw.
4. The short screw has a machine thread and screws into the plate underneath. The rest screw into the plastic body.

5. Remove three 5.3 mm #00 screws (the bottom-most screw is not always present).
6. Remove one 7.3 mm #00 screw.
7. Remove the remote trigger cover.

8. Remove one 3.4 mm #00 screw.
9. Remove two 5.3 mm #00 screw.
10. Gently lift up on the flash housing to help remove the cover if necessary.

11. Remove two 3.9 mm #00 screws.

12. Slide the eye cup up and off to access the screws underneath.

13. Remove two 5.3 mm #00 screws by the eyepiece.
14. Remove one 6.8 mm #00 screw in the battery compartment.
15. Remove one 7.0 mm #00 screw near the take up spool.

16. Lift the cover so it is just free of the body. It is still attached by several wires.

17. Use a 1kΩ-10kΩ resistor to discharge the capacitor. Place the resistor between the blue wire, exposed in the previous step, and ground.
18. The flash capacitors store energy at a very high voltage. Failing to discharge the capacitors properly could result in personal injury and/or damage to the camera.

19. Unsolder one green wire.
20. Unsolder one blue wire.
21. Unsolder one brown wire.
22. Unsolder one black wire.

23. Unsolder one black wire.
24. Pull black wire out from its routed location.
25. Unsolder flex connector
26. Be careful not to overheat the flex circuit. Work in short durations. Allow for cool downs in between if necessary.
27. Some repairs can be performed with the top cover still connected but the flex connection is fragile and easily damaged.