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In Reply to: Re: I can't seem to get my pre-amp tubes seated properly posted by AJ on April 25, 2007 at 06:38:06:
Not everyone has a set of Dental tools (I do, came in an antique porcelin topped drawer cabinet) so a much more common heavy sewing needle can suffice; if you do not have one of these, chances are the neighbor lady or your Mom or Auntie do. You just need a sturdy tool that will slip into the small space between socket & gripper. Be careful prying against micanol or phenolic sockets so you do not flake off fragments of the socket.
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"David! You can KILL a man with a chopstick!" -Keith Charles, Six Feet Under
Prying the metal collars/contacts inside the socket holes is NOT a good idea unless you know more about the sockets. Some of them are really cheaply made and the copper is thin or brittle. It breaks. Then you are really up s-it creek without a paddle and skip the next para.I have been through the mill with floppy tubes. The first cheap things to do are: clean the pins, bend the pins a bit for a tighter fit (also dangerous), stuff socket holes with tiny pieces of alum. foil. (Be sure to put tape over the center hole if there is one).
The best and most expensive thing to do: get a good technician to replace the sockets with better ones that have smaller, springier, collars/contacts.
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