Zeal Optics iON Camera Assembly Replacement

Hold the iON in your hands with your thumbs on the clips next to the middle of the lens.

Pull the rubber housing apart to release the first two clips.

Grab the inside of the plastic nose rest with your thumb and index finger.

Rotate the nose rest upwards until you feel that it is free from the lens.

Grab the top of the goggle frame that holds the camera assembly.

Rotate the frame outwards until you feel that the clips inside it are free.

While firmly holding the goggles with the palm of one hand, grab the top right corner of the frame and rotate it away from the lens.

While holding the goggles in one hand, use the other to grab the lens from opposite ends, and rotate it out of the housing and away from any remaining clips.

Remove the four 7.1 mm Phillips screws securing the camera housing to the goggle frame.

Peel back the rubber battery cover from the inner left side of the frame.

While firmly holding the battery cover, pull the bottom of the strap mount cover up and off of the frame

Once the bottom is free, continue pulling to free the top of the strap mount cover from the frame.

Pull the battery out of its recess in the frame.

Peel the rubber keypad cover up from the inner right side of the frame.

While firmly holding the keypad cover, pull the top of the strap mount cover up and off of the frame

Once the bottom is free, continue pulling to free the bottom of the strap mount cover from the frame.

Hold the strap mount cover away from the frame and remove the keypad.

Grab the viewfinder housing and pull it out of its recess.

Place one of your hands near the center of the frame with your thumb next to the camera housing.

With your other hand, grab the camera housing and pull it up and out of the frame.

Remove the viewfinder assembly by pulling it through the opening in the top of the frame.

In the same manner described above, remove the battery from the frame.