Broke LCD glass on back side of my Nikon D90!

I managed to break my LCD screen on my D90 and was quoted $325 to have it repaired. I was wondering if this is something a handy man like myself, could replace or repair? Wondering if I could just order the new screen from Nikon and take camera apart and swap out? How difficult is this? I'm not concern about voiding warranty as my camera is out of warranty now. Just don't want to spend unnecessary $$ if I don't have to.

Thanks for the help and advise.

Gene

Don't know about that, did you google it to see if it is easy to do? I have insurance on equipment with $100 deductible, I dropped my lens and broke some pieces in it. So it helps to have insurance to cover these mishaps.

Hopefully Cre8tivefix will respond (or message her). She learned DSLRs by repairing them.
In the meantime, check out these PT Articles
www.photographytalk.com/photography-arti...broken-camera-part-1
www.photographytalk.com/photography-arti...broken-camera-part-2
May be some help.

Thanks so much for the help everyone. Nikonjan, would you mind me asking who you use for your insurance?

Gene.Culley wrote: Thanks so much for the help everyone. Nikonjan, would you mind me asking who you use for your insurance?

I use my home owners ins.

Dori wrote:

Gene.Culley wrote: Thanks so much for the help everyone. Nikonjan, would you mind me asking who you use for your insurance?

I use my home owners ins.

I might need to check into that myself. Thank you.

Yes. It's Very Do able. I don't know anything about the D90 specifically, but repairs is how I get my gear. Let me look around for a few links for you, and get back on here.

I imagine that it is as involved and changing out your CCDs Filter. That process can be seen for your camera at the LifePixel site. You might also contact KEH and see what they get for the repair.

So here we go. This repair doesn't require any soldering, but there are still risks, so you have to be up to taking them. You have to consider how it was broken and if that may have caused any other damage unseen that may complicate the repair. For me the repairs were always nothing to loss, but for you, your camera has a higher value since you bought it working. Messing it up is a bigger net loss.

You'll need the tiny screw drivers. You'll want a variety of sizes, because although the screws are all small, they seem to use a different one for each hole in my experience. LOL And the pitch of one screwdriver might fit better than the pitch of another. This is probably where your biggest chance of messing up is. If you round off a screw it suddenly gets much more difficult and can really mess up the finished job.

I've got a link showing disassembly which you should get familiar with. When it comes time to tackle your own, then you'll want pen paper and something like an ice cube tray. Write a description of the location of each screw as you take it out (or draw a diagram and # it ) and put the screws in the tray. Any small parts that come off as it comes apart you should do the same for. It's easy getting these things apart... the hard part is getting them back together like they used to be. So take your time and be meticulous and it will pay off, and although this particular repair is not super involved, it's just good practice.

A video of your repair


The part
cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-D90-LCD-ASSY-UNIT-NEW...&hash=item4aabb07f9f
(I've purchased from them, so I trust them)

This looks like the same part, but the price difference is questionable, so I can't be sure. and I don't know this seller.
cgi.ebay.com/New-LCD-SCREEN-DISPLAY-NIKO...&hash=item3a66ae6597

Here is the outside cover if needed:
cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-D90-LCD-Window-Adhesi...&hash=item56443171f4

Hope this helps. Let us know if you go this route. And best of luck.

Gene.Culley wrote: Thanks so much for the help everyone. Nikonjan, would you mind me asking who you use for your insurance?

Marsh thru Professional Photographers of America, Very reasonable.

Cre8tivefix wrote: So here we go. This repair doesn't require any soldering, but there are still risks, so you have to be up to taking them. You have to consider how it was broken and if that may have caused any other damage unseen that may complicate the repair. For me the repairs were always nothing to loss, but for you, your camera has a higher value since you bought it working. Messing it up is a bigger net loss.

You'll need the tiny screw drivers. You'll want a variety of sizes, because although the screws are all small, they seem to use a different one for each hole in my experience. LOL And the pitch of one screwdriver might fit better than the pitch of another. This is probably where your biggest chance of messing up is. If you round off a screw it suddenly gets much more difficult and can really mess up the finished job.

I've got a link showing disassembly which you should get familiar with. When it comes time to tackle your own, then you'll want pen paper and something like an ice cube tray. Write a description of the location of each screw as you take it out (or draw a diagram and # it ) and put the screws in the tray. Any small parts that come off as it comes apart you should do the same for. It's easy getting these things apart... the hard part is getting them back together like they used to be. So take your time and be meticulous and it will pay off, and although this particular repair is not super involved, it's just good practice.

A video of your repair

The part
cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-D90-LCD-ASSY-UNIT-NEW...&hash=item4aabb07f9f
(I've purchased from them, so I trust them)

This looks like the same part, but the price difference is questionable, so I can't be sure. and I don't know this seller.
cgi.ebay.com/New-LCD-SCREEN-DISPLAY-NIKO...&hash=item3a66ae6597

Here is the outside cover if needed:
cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-D90-LCD-Window-Adhesi...&hash=item56443171f4

Hope this helps. Let us know if you go this route. And best of luck.

WOW, thank you for all this information! I'm putting some serious thought into this right now. $158 and a few minutes of my time isn't bad. Might just be a experience!

There is an old poster of Photographic Truths. Included are these two (note this was printed long before DSLR reapir costs). I'm paraphrasing, as I don't remember the exact words that were printed on it:

8. A $20 repair can be done with a butter knife.

9. It's costs $200 to fix the damage caused by the butter knife.

$158 if it works, $695 (used for KEH if it doesn't) vs $325 for repair. Ummmm.

OH man, I'm back on the fence

Gene.Culley wrote: OH man, I'm back on the fence

Sorry. Didn't mean to cloud the issue, just put it into perspective. Sort of like, do I try to repair the HTML port on my TV. (I opted to use audio/video cables for now). If I get to the point that I will be replacing the TV, I might consider attempting to repair it as an awesome PC monitor.