Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Camera Shell Replacement

If equipped with a camera strap, the strap will have to be removed or you won't be able to separate the two halves of the shell.

A fine tip tool such as this Pentalobe screwdriver can be inserted in the loop and used to expand it so the strap can be passed through it.

Slip the main part of the strap through the loop so the strap can be removed from the camera.

Push up the battery lid lock.

Slide off the battery cover.

Remove the batteries.

Press down the back cover lock to open the back cover.

Grasp the rectangular holes in the film pack, then pull it straight out.

Make sure the brightness adjustment ring is placed on the indoor (house icon) setting when taking the camera apart.

The brightness adjustment dial cover is held on with double sided adhesive and three tabs. Insert a thin blade opening tool under the outside edge of the cover.

Work your way around the ring, separating the adhesive.

Lift the cover off.

Here we can see the return spring that pulls the brightness adjustment dial back to its resting position. This will have to be disconnected to remove the front cover.

Using fine tip tweezers, grasp the end of the spring and lift it straight up off the retaining pin.

You can leave it like this as it is still connected to the camera itself on the other end.

The film eject slot cover hides one of the screws that need to be taken out to remove the camera shell.

The cover is held on with six clips, three on each side. Insert an opening tool and pry the cover off.

Remove the 5 mm Phillips head screw under the film eject slot cover.

Remove the two screws from the right side of the camera.

Take out two more screws on the bottom of the camera.

And finally, unscrew the last two screws from the left side of the camera, above the battery cover.

Separate the halves by prying them apart with a thin opening tool.

From there, the rear cover can be lifted off.

With the rear cover removed, flip the camera over and the front cover can simply be lifted off.

Press the power on button to extend the camera lens.

The retainer for the brightness dial return spring is shown with the spring in its proper position.

The shutter button is shown in is proper position and orientation in this photo.

This next picture shows the metal button contact as it should be mounted.

Here is the camera with both parts removed. Since the only thing holding them in place is the front camera shell, they will easily fall off once the shell is removed.

The only thing holding the right camera strap backplate on is the front shell, so the first thing that will happen when you remove the shell is that it will fall off, so it's important to know where it goes.