Canon Eos 40D Shutter Assembly Replacement Repair Guide

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8

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                          4 hours            

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• Shutter Assembly
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Introduction

This is not a comprehensive guide but should be used in conjunction with the Canon Service Manual and youtube videos. I hope that some of the pictures I took along the way might help you identify or remember how each step works.

What you need

Step 1

              Shutter Assembly               

• Get the Canon 40D Service Repair Manual
• Have a clean and organized workspace. I labelled plastic trays by step number and put all items for each step in a separate tray.
• Watch a couple Youtube videos on this process

Get the Canon 40D Service Repair Manual

Have a clean and organized workspace. I labelled plastic trays by step number and put all items for each step in a separate tray.

Watch a couple Youtube videos on this process

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Step 2

• Peel off rubber grips

Peel off rubber grips

Step 3

• take off front piece

take off front piece

Step 4

• take off rear
• connectors disconnect by flipping black/brown tab up and sliding plastic tab out.

take off rear

connectors disconnect by flipping black/brown tab up and sliding plastic tab out.

Step 5

• Take off top cover

Take off top cover

Step 6

• take off bottom plate
• disconnect and remove bottom board

take off bottom plate

disconnect and remove bottom board

Step 7

• remove CMOS assembly

remove CMOS assembly

Step 8

• remove metal back
• remove and replace shutter assembly, transfering components that aren’t on the new one

remove metal back

remove and replace shutter assembly, transfering components that aren’t on the new one

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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