Yeah...you're talking about 7-9 cents here. Even if you suspected it, you might as well just plug the soldering iron in and replace it. Then you'll know for sure.

#4 8 years ago

ZAC

L_satan

Pinside+ Frequent

Minneapolis, MN

11y 50,150 427 26 14

Yup.
That's the part I replace most frequently. Have a shaker motor in my girlfriends JP, which I had to dissable, because it was causing too many diodes to fail. Sometimes, right out of the package, they are no good. I test every one before I install them with a DMM.

#5 8 years ago

TIM

LongJohns

Pinside member

Edmonton, AB

11y 46,300 506 2

No - they will either work or do not. That being said it can have a bad solder connection if it sometimes works or doesn't.

#6 8 years ago

BOY

vid1900

Pinside member

Sana'a

12y 169K 40,229 18

Yes, I've replaced flaky diodes that act up when they warm up.

Sometimes you can tug on completely good looking, good testing ones, and they just crumble in your grip.

#7 8 years ago

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apc7654

Pinside member

Unknown

10y 21,900 85

Thanks for the info. I'm going to just replace it.

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