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I removed one half of the broken socket................and then the other.............

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Which left me with these 2 parts of the broken socket...................

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So I was left with the 4 components, that go together to make the completed socket....................first part to assemble was the main body of the socket and the part on the left...............these 2 parts just solder together..............

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First I soldered the main socket body, to the left hand tail part................. I pushed the spring part inside just to give me a guide that the tail part was centred.....................

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Then I put the insulating disc on top of that and then soldered the second half of the tail on.....................this also holds the spring in place and holds the whole assembly together...................

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Then it was just a question of inserting the repaired socket into the board. Here, the right hand tail is soldered in and the left hand tail is ready to solder.....................

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Here we have it..........now in situ...................not pretty.......but solid!

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Then it was just a reverse process to put it all back together......................

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Here's a second socket that I took out and repaired. The soldering was a little neater on the second one!..........................

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Then the board was back in and ALL lights working! Whoo hoo!....................

[scotty]

Great posting graham i love the step by step process,very interesting.
P.S Nice table cloth are you at your grannies.

[paologregorio]

Whoa! You're 331 LS has ROS!

[dswp]

Graham this is great info.

Keep your fingers crossed for my (to come), socket repair.

[leftyguitars]

By Jove Graham, you're getting brave!

P.S Nice table cloth are you at your grannies.

Hey, that's my Auntie Brenda you're talking about.

[wints]

Cool info GG...

The lights are on and there is someone at home!