Canon EOS 6D Rear Body Panel Replacement

Introduction

Use this guide to replace the rear body panel of your EOS 6D or to access damaged internal components.

What you need

Step 1 Rear Body Panel

Canon EOS 6D Rear Body Panel Replacement, Rear Body Panel: step 1, image 1 of 1

Remove the viewfinder cover by pinching the sides and sliding it upward.

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Step 2

Open the battery door on the bottom of the camera.
Use your thumb to slide the small black tab on the inside of the battery door up and pull the door off the camera.

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Step 3

Slide your fingernail or the flat end of the spudger underneath the rubber covering and gently peel it off all sides of the camera.

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Presume includes same procedure for the right hand side of the camera which is now shown as derubberised

laylow - Jun 3, 2018 Reply

It is unnecessary to completely remove the rubber from the right side of the back panel - in the next step where you remove two screws, simply lift the top right corner for access.

rakurai - Jun 29, 2019 Reply

Step 4

Open the covers to the HDMI/AV/MIC ports on the side of the camera by gently pulling outward on the bottom of the covers.
Rotate the covers to the side so that you can see the connection ports inside.
Remove the following screws:
Two silver 5mm Phillips #00
One black 6mm Phillips #00

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Phillips#0 seemed to be a more secure fit.

John Hood - Mar 1, 2022 Reply

Step 5

Remove the cover to the HDMI/AV/MIC ports by gently lifting the tab on the bottom edge of the camera.

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Step 6

Rotate your camera so the bottom side is facing you.
Remove the following screws:
One 6mm Phillips #00
Two 3mm Phillips #00

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Correction:

2x 3mm Phillips #00

1x 6mm Phillips #00 in battery compartment

Joey Fresco - Mar 3, 2017 Reply

Figure circle is not correct. Joey Fresco is right.

Tomonori OTA - Oct 24, 2017 Reply

the 6mm phillips #00 is under the grip. The other 2 are 3mm.

Jay Wang - Nov 4, 2017 Reply

Step 7

Rotate your camera so the back is facing you.
Remove the following screws:
Three silver 5mm Phillips #00
Two black 6mm Phillips #00
One black 4mm Phillips #00

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Step 8

A black ribbon wire connects the rear panel to the inside of the camera. Breaking this wire would make your rear screen and buttons non-functional.
Carefully use your fingers to tilt the back panel downward to about a 90 degree angle.
Use the flat end of the spudger to gently pry off the ribbon wire from the inside of the camera.

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The ribbon cable is connected to the camera via a plug (the gold colored PCB has a male plug on the other side of the PCB). This plug is at the end of the spudger. You need to pull that PCB boar/plug straight up from the camera (perpendicular to the camera)

Jim R - Dec 28, 2018 Reply

There is a metal piece protruding from the back panel into the main body, down near the battery door. DO NOT simply bend the back panel down 90 degrees! Gently pull the entire back (including the lower right corner near the battery door) straight away from the camera about 1cm, and then lower the back panel 90 degrees.

rakurai - Jun 29, 2019 Reply