crwdns2935863:0"Why is it so hard to desolder iMac capacitors?"crwdne2935863:0

Yan 18, 2012

-	Radio Shack have a nice soldering iron with a hole in the tip, this makes the task much easier.
+	Radio-Shack have a very nice iron with a hole in the tip; I found this makes working on the G5 iMac board much easier, as it heats all round the lead.
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+	http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062731
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+	I recently re-capped a G5 iMac board, and it went very smoothly thanks to this $12 iron.
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+	Replacing the capacitors can be done without having to clear the holes, by cutting the leads short so they can be pushed in with a little pressure as one heats from the other side.

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Radio Shack have a nice soldering iron with a hole in the tip, this makes the task much easier.

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