Olympus Pen E-PL7 Back Case Replacement

Step 1 Back Case

• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the six 2 mm screws on the bottom of the camera.
Step 2

• Remove the two 4 mm reverse threaded Phillips screws from the bottom of the camera.
• Reverse threaded screws tighten counter clockwise and loosen clockwise.
Step 3
• Remove the two 4 mm Phillips screws under the HDMI port cover.
Step 4
• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 5 mm screw near the left hand grip.
Step 5
• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 5 mm screw near the right hand grip.
Step 6
• Flip open the LCD.
• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 2 mm screw beneath the LCD assembly.
Step 7
• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 6.3 mm screws from the lens mount.
Step 8
• Remove the lens mount with tweezers.
Step 9
• Use tweezers to remove the inner metal ring.
Step 10
• Use tweezers to remove the two springs lying beneath the inner metal ring.
Step 11
• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the three 5 mm screws.
Step 12
• Remove the two 4 mm Phillips screws.
Step 13
• Press and hold the lens release button while using tweezers to remove the lens hook.
• Use tweezers to remove the spring underneath the lens hook.
Step 14
• Use tweezers to remove the metal clip from the external flash mount.
Step 15
• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 4 mm screws from the external flash port.
Step 16
• Remove the second external flash clip with tweezers.
Step 17
• Remove the external flash port casing to expose five more screws.
Step 18
• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 6.4 mm screws.
• Remove the 2 mm Phillips screw.
Step 19
• Remove the two 3.8 mm Phillips screws from the sides of the external flash connector.
Step 20
• Gently pull the back case away from the camera.
• Do not attempt to remove the back case, as it is attached to the camera by a ribbon cable.
Step 21
• To remove the ribbon holding the back case to the camera, use the pointed end of a spudger to flip back the top bar on top of the ZIF connector.
Step 22
• Use tweezers to pull the ribbon out of the connector.
• Remove the back case.

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