Canon EOS 70D Top Cover Replacement

ID: 193591

Description: This guide shows you how to replace the top...

Steps:

  1. Before beginning, remove the battery and SD card from the camera.
  2. Using your thumbs, push up on the eyepiece to remove it.
  3. Remove the battery door.
  4. Open the battery door to about a 35° angle.
  5. Pull the battery door straight outwards.
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  6. Using a plastic spudger tool, peel off the rubber grip on the left side of the camera.
  7. Underneath where the rubber grip was, remove the following screws:
  8. Three M1.7x5.5mm Phillips #000 screws
  9. Pry off the plastic interface cover.
  10. Use a plastic opening tool if a fingernail doesn't work.
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  11. Using the plastic spudger tool, peel back the rubber grip on the right side of the camera to expose the screws.
  12. Remove the following screws underneath the right rubber grip:
  13. One M1.7x3.0mm JIS #000 screw
  14. One M1.7x3.5mm JIS #000 screw
  15. On the back of the camera, remove the following screws:
  16. Two M1.7x5.5mm JIS #000 screws
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  17. On the bottom of the camera, remove the following screws:
  18. Three M1.7x3.0mm JIS #000 screws
  19. Slightly lift up the back cover from the camera, using a plastic spudger or opening tool as needed.
  20. Be very careful when lifting the back cover up, there are still two fragile cables attached to it.
  21. You can lift the back cover towards the bottom of the camera to get better access to remove the cables.
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  22. With a plastic spudger tool, gently lift up on the black locking tab on the ribbon cable connector.
  23. Once the locking tab is lifted up, you can carefully pull out the ribbon cable.
  24. Use the plastic spudger to gently pry off the other cable connecting the back cover to the camera.
  25. The connector tab sticks out slightly on each end of the connector, which gives you a good spot to pry the connector off.
  26. With both of the cables disconnected, you can finish lifting off the back cover from the camera.
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  27. Peel the right rubber grip off the rest of the way.
  28. On the front of the camera, remove the following screws:
  29. Two M1.7x5.0mm Phillips #000 screws
  30. One M1.7x4.5mm Phillips #000 screw
  31. Two M1.7x6.0mm JIS #000 screws
  32. On the right side of the camera, remove the following screws:
  33. One M1.7x3.0mm JIS #000 screw
  34. One M1.7x3.5mm JIS #000 screw
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  35. On the bottom of the camera, remove the following screws:
  36. Two M1.7x3.0 JIS #000 screws
  37. One M1.7x4.5mm JIS #000 screw
  38. Use a plastic spudger to pry up on the bottom of the front cover and lift it over the tripod socket.
  39. Pull the front cover off the camera body.
  40. Electric Shock Warning: With the front cover off, the high voltage capacitor on the DC PCB board is now exposed. It is recommended that you use a capacitor discharge tool to ensure the capacitor is fully discharged before proceeding further.
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  41. On the top of the camera, remove the following screw:
  42. One M1.7x5.0mm Phillips #000 screw
  43. On the underside of the top cover, remove the following screws:
  44. One M1.7x5.0mm Phillips #000 screw
  45. One M1.7x4.5mm Phillips #000 screw
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  46. On the back of the camera, remove the diopter adjusting dial.
  47. Disconnect the microphone cable from the main PCB board.
  48. Position a flathead 2.5mm screwdriver between the main PCB board connector and the microphone connector.
  49. Gently wiggle the flathead screwdriver back and forth until the microphone connector comes free.
  50. If you do not have a flathead 2.5mm screwdriver, another similarly sized flathead screwdriver should work.
  51. Using the plastic spudger tool, carefully pry up the ribbon cable connected to the top cover.
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  52. Gently disconnect the fiber optic cable from the main PCB board.
  53. Use a pair of tweezers to grab the plastic tab on the optic cable and pull it out to the left.
  54. Move the fiber optics cable and microphone cable away from the camera body so that it doesn't get caught while removing the top cover.
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  55. On the bottom of the camera, disconnect the red and yellow power cables.
  56. Move the cables away from the camera body so that it doesn't get caught while removing the top cover.
  57. Lift the top cover off the camera.
  58. Use caution to ensure none of the cables get caught as you're pulling off the front cover.
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