By all means, if you've already scored the inside of the RCA jack of your BC by trying to remove it (wedging a pin into it etc), send it back to the manufacturer to have the jacks replaced. You're looking at no more than a $50 bench fee and $30 for jacks, tops. Don't even THINK of solder - it will attach to everything but what you want it to attach to. Life is too short to have this on your shoulders - have the manufacturer deal with it, they'll do you right, I'm sure. I feel for ya - I've had some close brushes as well, but I always came out of these scrapes best when I called the gear maker and told them the deal. They'll help!
HELP Pin stuck in the female RCA connector
HELP!!!
While doing some tube rolling in my Blue Circle preamp, I had to disconnect my interconnects. The Stealth IC that runs from my preamp to my power amps came out, but left a pin from the male RCA connector in the female RCA connector of my preamp.
I made matters worse by "trying to get it out". Whereas it was just inside of being flush with the female connector, various means of me trying to pull it out have now left me with the pin about 1/8" - 1/4" inside. I also tried to wedge a pin in there, get under it, and pull it out to no avail.
I don't want to go in from the back, since it is all sealed up, and I will have to desolder and resolder the connection(don't want to use a different solder than is currently present). Besides, I am not even sure I would be able to get to it from the back - it might be closed.
Two ideas I am kind of kicking around are to attach something to it, and then pull it out via:
1) Super glue
or
2) Solder
I am not sure how the piece stuck in there will solder up, and I definitely don't want to harm the teflon which lines the connector.
As an aside, I have newfound disrespect for the Neutrik male RCA connectors at the end of my Stealth IC. I've always thought they worked kind of funky. Now, they are causing me a real problem. A stupid design, and one that seems to use a 2 piece pin, one of which broke off and is now embedded my preamp. And, companies advertise this plug as a feature? Phooey!
On the bright side, do those Valvo 7308 tubes ever sound terrific!
Anyway, any and all suggestions will be appreciated in helping me kick my temporary Blue Circle Blues.
Thanks to all in advance. Doing the unstuck(hopefully),
Joe
While doing some tube rolling in my Blue Circle preamp, I had to disconnect my interconnects. The Stealth IC that runs from my preamp to my power amps came out, but left a pin from the male RCA connector in the female RCA connector of my preamp.
I made matters worse by "trying to get it out". Whereas it was just inside of being flush with the female connector, various means of me trying to pull it out have now left me with the pin about 1/8" - 1/4" inside. I also tried to wedge a pin in there, get under it, and pull it out to no avail.
I don't want to go in from the back, since it is all sealed up, and I will have to desolder and resolder the connection(don't want to use a different solder than is currently present). Besides, I am not even sure I would be able to get to it from the back - it might be closed.
Two ideas I am kind of kicking around are to attach something to it, and then pull it out via:
1) Super glue
or
2) Solder
I am not sure how the piece stuck in there will solder up, and I definitely don't want to harm the teflon which lines the connector.
As an aside, I have newfound disrespect for the Neutrik male RCA connectors at the end of my Stealth IC. I've always thought they worked kind of funky. Now, they are causing me a real problem. A stupid design, and one that seems to use a 2 piece pin, one of which broke off and is now embedded my preamp. And, companies advertise this plug as a feature? Phooey!
On the bright side, do those Valvo 7308 tubes ever sound terrific!
Anyway, any and all suggestions will be appreciated in helping me kick my temporary Blue Circle Blues.
Thanks to all in advance. Doing the unstuck(hopefully),
Joe