Screw placement for AG-1980 VCR?
 

I honestly know better but didn't do it: didn't take photos as I tore into my K-chassis Panasonic. (Mine is AG-5710, vanishingly similar to AG-1980)

All I have left for reassembly is top/bottom cover and the two layers of front panel (Front Panel, Sub-Front Panel)

The four screws for the top are easy.

The other three:
* Seven (eight in my case) screws for the bottom panel
* One screw top-center for the front panel
* Four screws (left/right/2 center) for the front sub-panel

I have 9 brass screws, 2 large red, 2 small red. I don't want to mess anything up.

My guess: brass are for the bottom and top-center of front panel
But the four red... not obvious which holes take large and small.

Anybody simply know? :)

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Solved it.

* Center of sub-front uses the two larger red screws
* Outer sub-front uses the two smaller red screws
* Top-center of Front, and bottom panel, use the rest
* (AG-5710 has an 8th bottom screw, center-back of the panel)

When I work on something for the first time I put all screws in small bags and label them with sharpie, I also put the screws back on place after removing the part whenever I can so I don't have to guess later, I learned that the hard way few years ago when I dismantled a Toshiba Satellite series laptop, they used at least 15 screw types in length and shape, pretty strange.

Exactly. I've done deep repairs on DSLR's, laptops and much more... I either use bags or a tray with lots of slots.


Truly dumb to just start dismantling.

Don't feel bad, we all do it. :o

In fact, I've done it with an AG-1980 myself. Even with putting the screws in medicine bottles to separate, due to a time lag between starting and finishing, I no longer knew what was what.

Extra parts are good, right? :laugh: