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Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter

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  1. Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter, Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter: step 1, image 1 of 3 Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter, Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter: step 1, image 2 of 3 Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter, Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter: step 1, image 3 of 3
    • THIS REPAIR GUIDE IS VERY DIFFICULT AND SHOULD ONLY BE FOLLOWED IF YOU HAVE EXPERT MECHANICAL EXPERIENCE.

    • Open the flash/ lens compartment of the Polaroid camera to a 30 degree angle with the horizontal.

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    • Separate the flash section of the camera from the main body by unhooking the sides.

    • BE CAREFUL NOT TO YANK THE TWO SECTIONS APART BECAUSE THE BAND WIRE STILL ATTACHES THEM!

  3. Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter: step 3, image 1 of 1
    • Open the battery/ cartridge compartment fully.

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    • Insert spudger in between face of camera and sides where the four tabs are located.

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    • Once tabs are released, pull face of camera straight out.

  6. Repairing Polaroid One-Step 600 Shutter: step 6, image 1 of 1
    • Carefully use tweezers to remove the spring from the hooks.

    • CAUTION: You may lose the spring if it pops off the hooks.

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    • Use the spudger to release the latch for the shutter mechanism.

    • Rotate the shutter mechanism clockwise until it stops.

    • If latch was successfully released, shutter mechanism should touch top plastic brace.

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    • Release the two tabs that hold lens plate in position.

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    • Remove the lens plate by pulling down, then away from the camera.

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    • Remove the shutter mechanism from the camera.

    • Remove black latch piece from the camera.

    • Remove shutter plates from the camera.

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    • To replace the shutter pieces in the camera, first make sure they are in the proper order.

    • The shutter piece at the bottom of the first picture belongs on the bottom.

    • The shutter piece in the middle of the first picture goes in the middle (second picture).

    • The shutter piece at the top of the first picture goes on top (third picture).

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    • By looking at the first picture, line up the long, skinny slots on the three shutter pieces.

    • In the second picture, notice the pin inside the circle.

    • Line up the slots in the shutters with the pin inside the camera as shown in the third picture.

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    • NOTE: The shutter pieces are not included in the first two pictures of this step because they slide around too easily for us to take pictures with them in the camera.

    • Put black plastic piece back into camera, making sure to slide tab into slot (rectangle) and onto the pin (circle).

    • Final assembly for this step should look like the third picture.

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    • CAUTION: The next two steps are incredibly difficult!

    • First, you must align the tab (circled) with the slot (rectangle).

    • Do not put pieces together until after reading the next step!!!

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    • REMINDER: This step is very difficult and may require multiple attempts.

    • Align teal and orange circled tabs from the first picture with the respective teal and orange holes in the shutter pieces.

    • After the shutter mechanism is placed into the camera, make sure all three shutter pieces are attached correctly.

    • NOTE: When correctly attached, the shutter pieces will slide in opposite directions when the shutter mechanism is rotated.

    • To finish putting the Polaroid back together, follow steps 9 through 1 in reverse.

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I'm pretty sure every type 600 polaroid camera is built the same so this should work with other 600 cameras. I followed this guide for my polaroid 640 land camera and it was exactly the same.

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