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Use a Dremel tool and a 443-2 bit. Dip it in a bit of rubbing alcohol and run it in the socket for a couple of seconds. Works almost every time.
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Quoted from statictrance:Ronnie - I saw this in another thread, but haven't tried it yet. Any advice on speed? I'm assuming just get it in there and hit the edges/bottom as best you can and give it a try? I'll be the first to admit flakey light sockets have been one of the last things I've worried about in my collection and I'm just getting to the point to start reviewing these. (I'd rather get them up and flipping first, then worry about lights... and usually I have a new project in before I get to the lights... 17 machines later... haha)
Use your high speed setting. Try and get the interior sides of the socket and the bottom spring nub inside the socket
Quoted from CUJO:I have a Dremel tool and might try your suggestion first , then replace if necessary.
Can you tell me more on this 443-2 Bit? I don't speak Dremel...lol
Every Dremel brand tip has a number desigination associated with it. If you just throw Dremel 443-2 into Google, it comes up with the right one. Has a little nub of metal bristles on the end. You can sometimes find them at local hardware stores, but not usually the big ones.
This obviously won't repair sockets that are physically damaged in any way. If the nub that the wire is soldered on to is loose at all, that socket just needs to be replaced.
Quoted from Dayhuff:For sure. Never understood why people wanted to waste so much time and effort to save what? .75 cents by not buying a socket since I'm assuming there at least replacing the bulb. Replace the socket and the bulb once and be done with it the rest of your life.
John
The way I do it as mentioned above takes wayyyy less time the replacing a socket
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