Sony NEX-5R Rear Case Replacement

Written By: Emily Trujillo

Comments: 7

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

10 - 15 minutes

Introduction

The replacement of the rear casing requires removal of multiple screws around the entire camera and inside the battery pack. Once the fasteners are removed, you can carefully pry off the rear case.

Tools

Step 1

Open the battery pack door by moving the slider to "OPEN".
Remove the 3.25 mm silver screw inside the battery pack with a Phillips screwdriver.

Step 2

Remove the 3.25 mm exterior screw with a Phillips screwdriver.

Step 3

Use the spudger to raise the corner of the case from the camera.
One component of the front case should now be separate from the camera.

Step 4

Remove the three (3.5 mm) screws from the bottom of the camera with the Phillips screwdriver.

Step 5

Open the HDMI port, and remove the the two (3.5 mm) Phillips screws exposed on that side.

Step 6

Remove the two 4mm screws from the interior of the battery pack, and one 3.5mm screw from beside it.

We already removed the screw next to battery lock. The one close to blue plastic lock.

Harbert Wolfstein - 30/03/19

How to repair this part of the interior pack if my blue thing is broken

@AntoineTy -

Step 7

Looking at the bottom of the camera, use the spudger to lift the rear case away from the camera body.

Step 8

Using the spudger again, carefully pry from the top of the camera to remove the back frame.
The back frame is fragile, so use the spudger gently.

Pull the back pannel up starting at the bottom of the frame. There is a little hinge at inside the frame the top that will move up and make it much easier to remove the back panel (almost without effort)

meertdavid - 19/08/18

The most difficult part of this disassembly is this plastic part. Very thin, flimsy and tend to easily break. Pay extra attention when prying this frame, especially the top part, between the screen hinges.

Harbert Wolfstein - 30/03/19

Update to my previous comment:

Remove the top case part where the shutter button, play button etc so that flimsy plastic frame can come out easily.

Harbert Wolfstein - 29/04/19