I do similar except I skip the part where you cut the pins flush with the connector. I just grab them with needlenose and pull them right through. When they are hot enough to melt the solder, they come through the connector without issue.
You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider john_i.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
I do similar except I skip the part where you cut the pins flush with the connector. I just grab them with needlenose and pull them right through. When they are hot enough to melt the solder, they come through the connector without issue.
Yeah I heat from the back and pull from the front. I have a board vice, but for this I put the board at the edge of my workbench instead and just pull straight down as I heat the backside from the top.
Sometimes the header pins fit really tight into the holes, so I heat and pull each pin one at a time rather than going straight to the Hakko. This is just to make sure there is no remaining solder bridge that could damage the board on removal. By removing while heated I know that any extra resistance is just from being tight and not leftover solder. Once the pins are all out, I clean off the solder with my Hakko. Most other components, I go straight to the Hakko and just watch the parts fall out on their own.
Quoted from PinJim:Here’s what I did tonight. No board damage. Took my time of course, but happy with the results. The black connectors are new.[quoted image]
Looks great.
You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider john_i.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/board-header-replacement-my-method?tu=john_i and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.
Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.