Leonc
12-03-2006, 11:27 AM
Hey I've been diddling with values of some minor components in my old Silvertone 1482. There's a problem that I often run into when I've done minor repairs/mods on old amps or pedals (which isn't too often--I'm a real novice).
The problem is that the person who put it together did a really ^#@%$( great job, damn it!! LOL - The ends of the components are often bent and twisted around whatever it is they're attached to so that getting them appart is a freakin nightmare.
I've got Quick Braid and a solder sucker so getting the solder off is not really the issue. I've got a regular needle nose (joe shmo grade from Sears or somewhere like that) and jewler's screwdrivers but man...it's really a bitch trying to remove components from pins on tube sockets, for example. In fact, in my work on the 1482, I haven't been able to. I've been trying to "unwind" the components leg from the pin that it's tightly wrapped around using the needlenose and a jeweler's screwdriver. The problem is that you can't wiggle/bend the component's leg too hard or for too long or you'll break the pin in the tube socket or snap the leg off the component. I wound up just cutting the the legs off, leaving a little piece of the original component's leg still wrapped around the pin.
I guess I need a better, more accurate needle-nose pliers for starters, with a better tip...but are there any other pieces of equipment, tools or techniques you've found useful?
The problem is that the person who put it together did a really ^#@%$( great job, damn it!! LOL - The ends of the components are often bent and twisted around whatever it is they're attached to so that getting them appart is a freakin nightmare.
I've got Quick Braid and a solder sucker so getting the solder off is not really the issue. I've got a regular needle nose (joe shmo grade from Sears or somewhere like that) and jewler's screwdrivers but man...it's really a bitch trying to remove components from pins on tube sockets, for example. In fact, in my work on the 1482, I haven't been able to. I've been trying to "unwind" the components leg from the pin that it's tightly wrapped around using the needlenose and a jeweler's screwdriver. The problem is that you can't wiggle/bend the component's leg too hard or for too long or you'll break the pin in the tube socket or snap the leg off the component. I wound up just cutting the the legs off, leaving a little piece of the original component's leg still wrapped around the pin.
I guess I need a better, more accurate needle-nose pliers for starters, with a better tip...but are there any other pieces of equipment, tools or techniques you've found useful?