Zinfer
Well-known member
Was running a cap kit on a Operation Wolf sound board and main board. I got through about 9 of the electrolytic caps on the main board and it took like half the day to do it.
The pins would not heat up to be removed without bumping up the heat and actually pulling the part on one side, while the iron was on the other. I usually like to use a low temp solder extractor, but it just wouldn't work.
I ended up having to put heat on component side as well to pull the old electrolytics off.
Job is about done, but wow. Is there anything that could make this job a bit easier?
Obviously it's a 1987 board, so not near as old as an early 80's board. Never had so much trouble getting old parts off. And the solder points on the solder side were just a very small amount, where my extractor would go completely over the point without touching any solder.
The pins would not heat up to be removed without bumping up the heat and actually pulling the part on one side, while the iron was on the other. I usually like to use a low temp solder extractor, but it just wouldn't work.
I ended up having to put heat on component side as well to pull the old electrolytics off.
Job is about done, but wow. Is there anything that could make this job a bit easier?
Obviously it's a 1987 board, so not near as old as an early 80's board. Never had so much trouble getting old parts off. And the solder points on the solder side were just a very small amount, where my extractor would go completely over the point without touching any solder.


