[Boatanchors] Desoldering Components

Ken ken at wa0sbu.com
Thu May 9 18:00:44 EDT 2013


    First thing, patience and then practice.  Re-wet the joint, wiggle a 
bit, suck it again.  Ok, you all know what I meant.

Ken

On 05/09/2013 01:37 PM, David C. Hallam wrote:
> I'm sure this has been discussed over and over, but I am at the point 
> where I am ready to start pulling out what little hair I have left on 
> my head.  I have a Hallicrafters SX-100 MK II that needs a number of 
> components replaced.  I have tested most of the resistors finding at 
> least 1/3 of them are out of spec, >10% and there are a multitude of 
> tiny chief capacitors.  I have now removed 5 of these and one tested bad.
>
> I have tried various method of removing the solder from tie points and 
> tube sockets; a Weller DS-500 desoldering station, a 40W soldering 
> iron with a 2.4mm chisel point and a solder sucker or desoldering 
> braid with and without liquid rosin flux, an assortment of dental 
> picks and Xacto knives to pull and separate leads.  I am at the point 
> where I am afraid of toasting the phenolic in the tie strips before I 
> have removed the solder sufficiently to get the components loose.
>
> How have others accomplished this?
>
> David
> KW4DH
>




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