"Best practices" for reassembly?

"Best practices" for reassembly?

I’ve just started delving into fixing my own devices, and one thing I noticed almost right away is that reassembly is a lot harder than disassembly, especially with small or fiddly things like the insides of phones or other tiny devices. For instance, I just did some work inside an oculus rift that went all the way to taking the motherboard out, and the hardest part was getting all the pieces to line up properly again during reassembly to make sure I could reattach everything without breaking something.

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"Pictures... pictures... pictures...Each and every step of the way....

I'm not huge into the small electronics repair but having to conduct lock/camera/security devices/access control devices troubleshooting consistently for my job, I started keeping a camera with stand in my tool bag and an anti-static tray to keep everything in the order. when I see something that looks like it is going to be a pain in the butt I'll take video of the exact process (where a stand for the camera comes in handy) of the tear down.

Helps if you find something cool and want to reference in the future, it becomes a tool to teach and train on. Or if you are lucky you get good pictures of what not to do in regards to customer fixes.... Example of getting called to fix an deadbolt that ""all of a sudden stopped working"" in -50 degree windchill.... Come to find out they poured hot water into the key cylinder.... Can't argue with a picture of ice inside the lock

I try not to add additional things where the don’t belong but I always have a roll of the 3M acrylic foam double sided tape. Usually in a couple different sizes. Just to ensure things get held in place. (Just reading from your comments) Worst case scenario it adds buffer between parts that seem to be moving freely."