Polaroid 636 restyle Repair Manual

Repair Manual Addendum

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636 Restyle Camera

April 1997

Repair Manual Addendum Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. General Information .............................................................................................. 3

Background ............................................................................................................. 3

636 Restyle Functional/Aesthetic Changes .............................................................. 3

2. Disassembly/Reassembly Procedures ............................................................... 5

Tools Needed.......................................................................................................... 5

636 Restyle Camera Disassembly........................................................................... 5

636 Restyle Camera Reassembly............................................................................ 16

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Repair Manual Addendum General Information

1. General Information

Background

This repair manual addendum covers the 636 restyle cameras. The restyle of the 636 camera
refreshes it appearance and makes it look more contemporary.

Note: This repair manual addendum describes the disassembly/reassembly procedures

that are different from those of the earlier 636 cameras. Information common to the
earlier 636 cameras are not included in this repair manual addendum. Refer to the 636
camera repair manual dated December 1995 for this common information.

To use this repair manual addendum effectively, one should be familiar with the
operation and disassembly/reassembly information in the 636 camera repair manual.

636 Restyle Functional/Aesthetic Changes

The 636 restyle cameras (Figure 1-1) are now being manufactured with functional/aesthetic
changes to the following camera parts:

• Lower Housing

• Upper/Lower Apron

• Close-up Lens Button/Close-up Lens

• Trim Actuator/Button Assembly

• Door

• Gripper

• Front Plate

• Hinge Support (Gear/Non-Gear Side)

• Pivot Pin (Gear/Non-Gear Side)

• Logo Label/Strip

• Strobe Cover

• Counter Window/Retainer

• Hand Strap, Front/Rear

• Eye Cup/Retainer

• Strap Strip

• Door Release Button

• S1/S10 Button

• S1/S10 Interlock

• Body

• Flash Tube Assembly (FTA)

• Meniscus Lens Bezel

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Repair Manual Addendum General Information

Front View

Hinge Support

(Gear Side)

Meniscus Lens

Bezel

Lens Button

Trim Actuator

Trim Button

Lower Housing

Door

Gripper

Lower Apron

Flash Tube

Diffuser

Pivot Pin

(Non-Gear Side)

Hinge Support

(Non-Gear Side)

Upper Apron

(Behind Front Plate)

Hand Strap

(Front)

Front Plate

Hand Strap

(Rear)

Rear View

Hand Strap

(Front)

Body

Eye Cup

Eye Cup

Retainer

Logo Label/Strip

Strobe Cover

Pivot Pin

(Gear Side)

Hinge Support

(Gear Side)

Counter Window

Retainer

Counter Window

S10 Button

S1 Button

Door Release

Button

Strap Strip

Figure 1. 636 Restyle features

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Repair Manual Addendum Disassembly/Reassembly

2. Disassembly/Reassembly

Tools Needed

• Needlenose pliers

• Tweezers

• Dental pick

• Dump probe

• Soldering aid (greenstick)

• Finger cots or lintless cotton gloves

• Exacto knife with no. 11 blade

• Strobe cover removal tool (P/N 13702)

636 Restyle Camera Disassembly

Notes: • No screws or threaded fasteners are used in the 636 restyle camera: most

housings and piece parts of subassemblies are held in position by detents,
spring catches or tangs which engage bosses or cutouts in corresponding
mating parts. Careful spring apart techniques will free most parts of the
636 restyle camera.

• Flex connecting tabs are held in their solderless contacts by internal spring
contact pressure. Safe, easy removal of the flex is done by inserting the
appropriate size leg of the Universal Flex Removal Tool into the connector.
This releases the grip of the internal contacts and allows the flex to be pulled
out together with the removal tool.

1. Using a small flat screwdriver, remove the strobe cover pivot pins (gear /non-gear side) as
follows:

Note: Each pivot pin is stamped with an identification mark (GS - gear side or

OGS - non-gear side).

• Insert the tip of the small flat screwdriver into the bottom of the gear side pivot pin

(Figure 2-1).

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