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How to fix your broken Pocket Wizard Shoe

25Mar08

Broken pocket wizard hotshoe footSo chances are at some point your Pocket Wizard hotshoe foot broke off and ended up looking like this. Now it’s an easy enough of a fix but people have asked me what to do so I thought I’d post this here.

So, it’s an easy fix and if you’ve used these things a lot, you’ll want to have a bunch of extra hotshoe feet sitting around just in case they break very easily.
CAS-PW-Shoe LPF037
P/N# 360797

pw_repair_002.jpgRemove the 5 screws, make sure you keep track of which screw goes where, there are different thread pitches and lengths.

Remove the batteries and push the circut board out of the plastic case through the battery compartment. Remove the batteries and push the circut board out of the plastic case through the battery compartment. Pull the broken hotshoe foot out of the hotshoe contact.

All the pieces of the puzzle. Pinch the outer prongs of the hotshoe contact together and slip the new hotshoe on over the hotshoe contact. All the pieces of the puzzle. Pinch the outer prongs of the hotshoe contact together and slip the new hotshoe on over the hotshoe contact.

Slide the circuit board back into the housing. Make sure you put all the buttons back on and screw it all back together. That was easy huh?

To order parts in the USA, contact Pocket Wizard (MAC Group) directly at:

PocketWizard USA
8 Westchester Plaza
Elmsford, NY 10523
914.347.3300
info@pocketwizard.com

Outside of the USA go here and select your country:
http://www.pocketwizard.com/support/repair/

The part you need is:

CAS-PW-Shoe LPF037
P/N# 360797

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  1. 1 B.waluew Posted March 26th, 2008 - 7:42 pm

    thenks a bench!

  2. 2 J. Shrader Posted April 6th, 2008 - 6:43 pm

    Great post :)

    *Where* can I find the part # described above?

    Thanks!!!

  3. 3 admin Posted May 14th, 2008 - 12:05 pm

    Call pocket wizard and order the parts.

  4. 4 chip Posted December 7th, 2008 - 8:04 pm

    dude thanks so much for posting this! just broke one of mine on friday.

  5. 5 Dhanny Posted March 2nd, 2009 - 8:01 am

    where they sell the spare part?
    i have one broken and need repair.

    Thanks

  6. 6 eric Posted March 27th, 2009 - 9:30 am

    I just wanted to thank you. I saw this post, made the call and had the parts on the way in under 5 minutes. Ordering a couple extra made sense, so now I am all prepared.
    Thanks!

  7. 7 Alex Gallivan Posted August 6th, 2009 - 9:17 am

    Thanks for the info, it turns out that I think you know two of my former co-workers Matt & Braxton.

  8. 8 Bill M Posted August 24th, 2009 - 12:40 pm

    Thanks! Exactly what I needed. On it’s way, be here Wednesday.

  9. 9 Jill Franco Posted October 23rd, 2009 - 2:15 pm

    My camera tipped over on my tripod and the pw broke off at the hotshoe. I am trying to find where you purchased the replacement hotshoes. Please help!

  10. 10 Erik Seo Posted October 23rd, 2009 - 4:01 pm

    For parts in the USA, contact:

    PocketWizard USA
    8 Westchester Plaza
    Elmsford, NY 10523
    914.347.3300
    info@pocketwizard.com

    Outside of the USA go here and select your country:
    http://www.pocketwizard.com/support/repair/

  11. 11 phillip Posted December 31st, 2009 - 7:32 pm

    thanks for the contact info and part number!

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