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Posted by Jonesy (A) on July 4, 2015 at 11:23:38

In Reply to: I wish Amazon had pin straighteners posted by mbnx01 on July 3, 2015 at 16:36:00:

I just replaced all my amp's 9 pin sockets. There were 8 in total. Had same insert problem. Pin straightener didn't help.

I experimented using a defective tube first to find out what kind of force I needed to get one in. Never experienced the amount of heft needed like this! And I've used this socket brand before.

Careful visual alignment along with rocking motion and then in they went.

Pin straightener still good place to start.

My thumb actually feels like it had quite a workout. The tension is such that I could probably lift up the amp by a couple of those tubes!

Anyways, rocking is the key and eventually you'll feel a couple pins slowly slide in. Be patient and keep rocking side to side front to back until tube bottoms out.

If I ever have to go through this again, I would probably cut all but 3 of a defective tube pins off, and use this as a kind of socket breaking in tool.

Luckily it wasn't solder that had run up the pins. But that would be pretty much impossible with these sockets.

All sockets were Belton. Tubes were Amperex, Sylvania (Yugoslavia), and GE. All 6dj8's except GE 12ax7.

Hope this helps.

Jonesy

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Topic - what do you do when the tubes WILL NOT FIT IN THE SOCKET - mbnx01 17:43:00 06/30/15 (16)

RE: what do you do when the tubes WILL NOT FIT IN THE SOCKET - Palustris 14:01:05 07/01/15 (1)

thanks for the tip - mbnx01 14:37:01 07/01/15 (0)

It would help... - Triode_Kingdom 13:17:24 07/01/15 (7)

RE: It would help... - mbnx01 13:48:58 07/01/15 (6)

RE: It would help... - Triode_Kingdom 06:52:08 07/02/15 (5)

RE: It would help... - Jim McShane 12:43:58 07/03/15 (3)

RE: It would help... - Triode_Kingdom 21:44:40 07/11/15 (0)

I wish Amazon had pin straighteners - mbnx01 16:36:00 07/03/15 (1)

Same Issue Here - Jonesy 11:23:38 07/04/15 (0)

Deoxit G series - FenderLover 18:25:41 07/02/15 (0)

RE: what do you do when the tubes WILL NOT FIT IN THE SOCKET - SETdude 07:17:28 07/01/15 (0)

RE: what do you do when the tubes WILL NOT FIT IN THE SOCKET - petercapo 19:03:35 06/30/15 (4)

lube - FenderLover 04:05:33 07/01/15 (3)

RE: lube - SETdude 07:15:32 07/01/15 (0)

RE: lube - zako 06:44:59 07/01/15 (1)

RE: lube - krankkall 13:04:31 07/01/15 (0)

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