[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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