[Microwave] quarter inch hardline solder connectors

[Dave Brown]

Tks Kurt
 I'm going to try pressing the pin out with a spare contact ex a female 
connector or something similar-yes there is a shoulder at the rear of the 
pin so will try to put pressure on that and drive the pin out backwards. 
Connector drawing here-
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tractorb/172139_customer_drawing.pdf
The pin being shown separately in the drawing makes me think it should come 
out as well.
 The connectors are around $10 each at Digikey so its well worth recovering 
them.
DaveB, ZL3FJ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>
To: "Dave Brown" <tractorb at ihug.co.nz>; <microwave at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Microwave] quarter inch hardline solder connectors


> It's been a while since I've worked on such things, but from my experience
> in the past, center pins are just pressed into the teflon, usually with 
> some
> length-wise ridges to prevent rotation.  I've seen this from the smaller 
> SMA
> connectors to PL-259 and N.
>
> In the past I've pressed them out, if big enough with a piece of metal 
> tube
> over the pin and pressing against the shoulder, if there is one.
>
> On small pins, I've risked pressing VERY carefully against the pin tip 
> with
> a metal rod or bolt or screw with a small vice.
>
> I've never had a problem, but there always COULD be one.
>
> Kurt
>