Lens repair parts

I fell on a bed of oyster shell a few months ago with my Nikon D3200 and the 55-200 mm lens attached. The lens popped off; the camera stayed attached to the strap around my neck. Several stitches later on my hand and antibiotics, I checked out the camera: small scratch on the bottom. But, the lens did not fair so well. First, the plastic bayonet mount suffered two broken pieces. Ironically, looking at YouTube videos, I see that this is a common break. Next, the filter ring has a chunk out of it; still useable. Finally, the focusing barrels are wobbly.

I had decided the lens was too damaged so I bought a used 70-300 mm VR lens to replace it. Yet, I couldn't toss that damaged lens. I went to Google. Nikon sells the replacement mount.

In shaking the lens, I could hear a rattle. Hm. Off to Google again and YouTube and I am disassembling the lens, piece by piece, labeling and bagging parts step by step. I found the culprit (s). One ting black collar for a screw is missing; but, more importantly, one of the three white collars that run up and down the spiral grooves had been shattered by the fall. I have no idea where to find this little piece since Nikon doesn't list it in their parts. I will send photo of part.


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I can't help you, but @D200freak is probably one who is up on this. He has been posting a lot on his lens repair experiences.

The part I need.



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Got any friends in Canada? Ordering parts from Nikon Canada isn't difficult, but you can't order them from inside the USA. You won't even be able to call them from a US phone number.

So you can get your Canadian friend to order the parts.

Now, as for which parts you need, for that you'd need the service manual.

Where to get the service manual?

Nodevice.com

I've ordered several manuals from them and always get what I expected. They may be a Russian site, but they are reputable and reliable.

You will want to order both the lens service manual AND the parts list manual.

You might consider buying another broken lens of the same kind off of ebay. They're pretty common.

The biggest thing to watch out for when working on any Nikon lens is, be super careful NOT to tear the flexible circuit that connects the CPU contacts to the lens electronics. If you do that, there are not very many people who can or will repair that flex circuit. As it happens, I am one that will. But I've been working with electronics all my life and will not hesitate to try anything that "only" requires a stereo zoom microscope, specialized repair supplies and tools, and the patience of a mountain.

Never force anything in these lenses. If you think you're applying too much force when taking one apart or putting it together, you are. Something is holding it together. Something that has to be removed first.

The manuals are good but not incredible. What I recommend is that you review the manual a few times before attempting to work on the lens. Get a multi-pocket pill container to hold screws and store them in the pockets one after the other for each stage of disassembly. And record the disassembly process, on video if possible, with lots of still pictures if not.

My two recent successful repairs were on a first generation AF-VR 80-400mm and on an AF-S 14-24mm F/2.8 G ED. They work properly but the VR function is not working on the 80-400 due to lack of availability of a critical part. Which is OK, because I can use that lens from a tripod.

Thank you for this reply. Looks like sound advice. I like the pill box idea. I put the screws along with related part (s) in little bags and labeled the bags in the order I removed them with their part name and # I found in a Nikon repair manual someone posted online. I certainly will check out no device.com. Thank you so much.


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