Canon 60D Repair Series - Video #4, Putting It All Back Together

[@monzarace]

Thank you for an absolutely excellent series of videos. I don't have this model, but a 1DX2, which is dead. I have taken all outer shells off, cleaned them up and also freed the two stuck buttons. Now turning on, but as I click the shutter/mirror, it kind of gets stuck. So I think there's an object , dissolved magnesium from the bodyshell or a short in the motor that moves the mirror. So having just updated the firmware to newest, I will take it apart again. I think as Canon no longer supports their cameras, after 10 years, they could at least do a series of these videos for every past model. And they could ask you to do it, because you sure lead the way. Your videos are WAY above all other videos on the matter. Thanks for sharing. Kind regards.

[@adnmultimedia]

Thank you so much for this Because of you I was able to repair the shutter on my 60d!

[@Thebobfactor]

Excellent! Great job on repairing your camera. And I'm glad the video helped you out.

[@adnmultimedia]

@@Thebobfactor Yup, Paid only 35 bucks for a repair that would have been over 400 easy.

[@brennadl]

This is amazing work; clear concise and detailed instructions. Thank you so much for taking the time to record and share this. I'm now totally confident that I can try it myself and replace the faulty mechanism.

[@Thebobfactor]

Thank you brennadl. And good luck with your repair job. Give me a shout if you have any questions.

[@ecco88]

Thank you so much for this whole video-series and the PDF for the screws. It helped a lot and my 60D is now fixed. The trick at 26:20 was very useful, too :)

[@Thebobfactor]

Thank you ecco88. I'm glad that the videos helped you out.

[@finallyfriday2888]

Hi bob, super thanks for this. do you have any tips for dealing with strip screws. followed your steps and got stuck with 2 screws around the view finder

[@winterberry-wildlife-tech]

I should probably just short out the pesky contacts on the power switch which always seem to get corroded in the humid environments I operate this camera in -- but I enjoy coming back to this excellent guide every 12 months or so to take the thing apart again. :)

[@kapselikeit1n452]

Repaired my canon 60D. I replaced the shutter accembly. Thanks for the help!

[@Thebobfactor]

That's excellent! I'm glad the videos were helpful to you.

[@haidharrasheed9000]

I found a reallly small screw inside it fell off i dont know where it was even . The only similar size of that screw i found was in the display hinge mother board. It was a silver colour screw please help

[@Thebobfactor]

If you could send a picture of the screw to [e-mail], I'll see if I can identify it.

[@alicenwonderland3813]

Hi Mr. Hosea. Thank you again for your tutorials. You have opened up a whole new World for me! Thank you also for the links for the tools. You have a unique talent of imparting knowledge that is rare. I am so appreciative to have discovered your work! Do you think I would have to get further training to be able to work in this field of repair and would you have any recommendations for that? Thank you soooo much !!!

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi Alicen. Well, that's actually kind of tough for me to say if you need further training, since I don't know what knowledge you currently have in the electrical repair field. You will need to have a good understanding of basic electricity. Even though in most cases you wouldn't actually be repairing a circuit board in a camera (such as changing out semiconductors, etc.), but instead you would be replacing the entire circuit board. So you will need to know how to use a multi-meter to check voltage levels, and check continuity on trace lines, flat ribbon cables, etc. And you will need to know how to use a soldering iron. You also need to have a basic understanding of the function of each circuit board, such as the SD card board, power board, main board, etc. I don't have any specific links to give you for any of that. But there are a lot of sites out there that have tutorials on the basics of electricity, and understanding OHMS law, and using multi-meters. That is where I would suggest starting if you don't already know that part of it. I'm self taught in everything that I know about electricity, computer programming and photography. It really is pretty satisfying to learn new things. And with the internet today, there is always someone ready to help if you don't understand something. Good luck with it Alicen. And feel free to ask me questions any time.

[@fernandavianna3471]

Good evening! I'm from Brazil. In the 7:38 minute I saw that you made a sensor adjustment, is this always necessary? what can it cause if you don't?

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi Fernanda. It's important to put the screws back in the same position after re-installing them so that the sensor lays completely flat in regards to the lens. If you have never removed the sensor before, then the screws should still be in the correct positions from the factory, and that's why you mark them. If a sensor is not laying flat, what will happen is that one or more sides of the images that you take will be out of focus.

[@henryvu6798]

@@Thebobfactor it happened on me now. the viewpoint is not focus exactly but the live view is focus still. Do you know how to fix this issue? thank you

[@Thebobfactor]

@@henryvu6798 Are the images in focus?

[@fernandavianna3471]

Boa tarde! Sou do Brasil. No minuto 7:38 vi que fez um ajuste no sensor, isso é sempre nessesário? o que pode causar se não o fizer?

[@iamme5047]

Hi Robert, Do have a video on how to replace the top LCD screen? I can't find it anywhere else, only the top LCD screen protector replacement. TIA

[@carlostenorio5345]

Muito, muito obrigado! 🤝🤝

[@Thebobfactor]

You're welcome.

[@lesterlapuz]

Thanks for the amazing video tutorial. Now I replaced the shutter blades of my 60d successfully. However now LCD is not working and have a card error as well.. Do you know where did I go wrong? any possible solution for this? Thanks a lot

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi Lester. When that happens, it is almost always because a flat ribbon cable is not properly seated in it's connector. Double check the ribbons and connectors and make sure that all locking tab bars are pushed down on the connectors that have them. Hopefully that's all that it is.

[@lesterlapuz]

Thanks for the response. I already remove every parts and reseated every cables. But still not working.

[@Thebobfactor]

That is odd because the two problem areas are unrelated to each other, except that they both connect the mother board. It's possible that something happened to the mother board, and it may have been damaged. It still acts like it may be a connection problem though, or possibly that one of the flat ribbon cables were torn. The next thing to check then is for any tears in any of the flat ribbon cables. One cable in particular that I have had tear on me before, is this cable found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lV7KgpV5gpyEg9k It didn't cause the problems that you are having though, but it's still worth checking.

[@telmoberlenga1166]

Hi there Robert .. with the help of your videos I've just replaced the shutter blades from my 60 D .. but now I don't have power on the lens contacts .. do you know where I went wrong ? This evening I'll open again the body and check all the Rubin cable's but I don't know if it will solve the problems!! Thanks a lot for a possible answer and for all your work

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi Telmo. Checking the cables and connectors is a good place to start. The most common reason I have found after reassembling the camera and then finding that something isn't working properly, was due to a flat ribbon cable or connector not making a good connection. Let me know what you find after checking them. -Bob

[@telmoberlenga1166]

@@Thebobfactor I'll update you as soon as I can .. thanks once again

[@mszczepanczyk]

Hi Robert, Just replace shutter on 60D , your instruction was perfect; but after I turn on my canon and zero reaction, like no battery inside, some power problem :) Do You have Idea what I should do; or its time for new camera ??? Thank You for that perfect instruction.

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi Mariusz. Most of the time it is a flat ribbon cable or connector that is not properly connected. I would double check all of the flat ribbon cables and connectors. Are you getting a blinking battery icon or anything else on the LCD display that's on top of the camera?

[@mszczepanczyk]

Hi Robert; I will be check one more time all connectors:) no ZERO reaction on LCD

[@recmy1982]

The same thing happens to me with a t4i is the same case I hope you can solve it is very frustrating check the flat connectors again

[@mszczepanczyk]

start working ?

[@recmy1982]

yes! connect everything again and it is perfectly working my problem was that the battery was not charged but even so I already reset all the flex and I am very happy with this tutorial :)

[@BadAstro]

Here is the million dollar question, if you have time to answer. What happens if you followed another video and there was no mention of marking the sensor screws and you completely jacked up the focal point of your camera, how would you go about resetting the sensor for proper focus across the sensor? Thanks.

[@Thebobfactor]

Ugh. Well, I've never done it, but from what I understand it would have to be trial and error. I don't know of anything out there that shows how to specifically and accurately do it. To do it yourself, you could start with the screws being set similar to where they were with the 60D in this video. Then using a focusing sheet, snap a picture, analize the focus across the picture, make an adjustment on one screw, snap a picture, compare the pictures to see how that one screw's adjustment effected the focus, and so on and so on, until you can get the focus uniform across the picture. Sorry I can't be more help. Good luck with it though.

[@BadAstro]

@@Thebobfactor Thanks for the reply. I modified my 60d for astrophtography and the tutorial I followed just didn't mention it. I'll give this a go. I suppose by the time I'm done, I'll be really good at 60d disassembly 🙂. Thanks again.

[@Mus_Jepretz]

Hi Robert.. thanks for your video. my camera has been previously disassembled by third party service and now experiencing front focus. can you give instructions on how to calibrate, and how many turns for the manufacturer's standard sensor bolts.. sorry bad English

[@Thebobfactor]

I'm afraid I can't help you out on that, and I'm not sure what the manufacturer's original settings were on the screws. I'm sure that each camera would be individually calibrated though. I looked for videos that might help you out on this, but I couldn't find anything. I will try to figure it out and make a video on it. But that doesn't help you out right now. Sorry about that.

[@lauragonzalesvigil2751]

Hi Robert...excellent job, thanks for the video. I try to solve a problem of empty battery indicator flashing, without any luck. Can you give me some advice on how can I solve that kind of problem. Battery is Canon Original, is full charged..I use it on my 70D, but when i put it in the 60 D, and I close the battery door...Camera On or Off ... The indicator starts flashing as it is empty...Thx

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi Laura. Had you disassembled and worked on the 60D prior to the indicator flashing an empty battery icon? If so, then one of the flat ribbon cables are in backwards. If that's not the case and it hadn't been disassembled, then I would guess that the power board is bad. That is the board that is shown at time stamp 9:48. -Bob

[@reparaciondecamarasmty]

👍👍👍👍

[@yuvaraj0006]

Hi my 60d canon was fall down in water I went to shop they couldn't done u have any idea

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi. If the camera was powered on when it fell in the water, or if you tried to turn it on while it was still wet, then it's possible that the main board and possibly the other boards were damaged. I'm afraid I can't tell you which of the boards would need replaced. Sorry.

[@yuvaraj0006]

@@Thebobfactor ya the camera was power on when it fall down. I think so some board was damaged any way thank you

[@GaijinInvader]

Hi, I followed the video and replaced the Shutter assembly as I was getting Err 20 constantly; it works great now :) However, I have another problem now. When I go into video mode and shoot some footage it comes out completely silent; I transferred the videos on PC and they are completely silent there too. Also there little speaker seems to be completely silent as well; playback audio or the autofocus ready *beep* or other SFX on the camera. I think I have connected all the cables exactly as shown in the video and didn't miss anything. Video I/O recording was working perfectly before :( Any tips anyone?

[@Thebobfactor]

Hi. Since both the speaker and the microphone are effected, then you should check two different cables that go to the multimedia circuit board that controls them. The multimedia board is the board that has the connectors for both the speaker and for the microphone. The first cable to check connects to the bottom of the main board and can be seen here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZito2d3g86eY8k . The second cable connects on the top of the main board and can be seen here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZito2d3g86eY8k. The second cable also connects at it's other end to the bottom of the small multimedia circuit board. If checking/re-seating the first two connectors doesn't help, then you may need to remove the multimedia board. There will be four screws for that board. Then double check the connector for the other end of the second cable and make sure it is also seated correctly. If it still isn't working after checking all of those connectors, then you may have a torn cable or broken wire.

[@GaijinInvader]

@@Thebobfactor Thank you for the quick reply Robert! I will try those things and update you on how it goes! ^

[@GaijinInvader]

@@Thebobfactor It is fixed now! I first checked with a voltmeter the microphone and speaker cables for continuity; they were fine. I then removed all the ribbon cables from the main board and to the multimedia board as you suggested. I then reconnected everything and made sure all the ribbon cables were sitted properly and closed the camera up... And voilà, everything is now working! The camera is recording audio and plays it back as intended. You are a legend man! The printouts and your guidance really helped me sooo much and I don't know if I would be able to complete the project without your help! Thanks a bunch^

[@Thebobfactor]

@@GaijinInvader Outstanding! I'm glad it's working again. Great job on your shutter replacement and the follow up trouble shooting on the audio. I'm glad the videos and the screw diagrams helped you out.

[@kapselikeit1n452]

Hey. i have changed the shutter and now the images are slighty off focus especiallly with low f stop. Is it fixable?

[@Thebobfactor]

Yes, it sounds like the CCD is out of alignment. Were you able to mark the CCD mounting screws before removing them, and then also get them back to the same position after replacing them? If you were, then it will be easier to correct. Either way though, you will have to do some trial-and-error adjustments on the screws to correct the problem. Sorry I can't be more help.

[@kapselikeit1n452]

@@Thebobfactor ok. thanks. i had a bit struggle with them, but i thought that i got them back to the right place.i will take a look at it when i go time.

[@kapselikeit1n452]

@@Thebobfactor so i still havent done anything to it, but i noticed that if i look through the eye ( i don't really know the terms or is it viewfinder) and focus i get unfocus image, but if i focus trough the screen the image is quite sharp. what's the problem?

[@Thebobfactor]

@@kapselikeit1n452, when you look through the viewfinder, is what you are seeing clear and in focus, or is it blurry?

[@kapselikeit1n452]

@@Thebobfactor it is sharp

[@MusaKhan]

My canon 80D grip part is loose. What I should do?

[@Thebobfactor]

I've used Elmer’s No-Wrinkle Rubber Cement to re-attach the grips. Seems to work well. You can also purchase new grips that already have the adhesive on it.

[@tallurinageswararao756]

Plz tell me canon 60 d error 20

[@Thebobfactor]

An error 20 is a shutter error. Replacing the shutter requires disassembling the camera entirely. You can see the shutter assembly here, in the third video of this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIa9h3tsd8urnNU