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Hi-Tek Space Invaders installation, etc
« on: Tue, 18 March 2014, 12:45:47 »
I wanted to replace a couple of Hi-Tek switches that are semi-broken, that is, they still work but aren't quite "right" due to bent leaf, stretched spring, etc.

I have a donor board but can't seem to remove the switch. There are 4 legs, and I de-soldered each of them completely. At that point you can usually pull the switch out, even resort to pliers if necessary, but these seem tight.

I tried levering them up with a small screwdriver while heating the back, and even switched to a pointed tip on my soldering iron to push the pins out. In each case, it was able to push the leg in by about 1mm-2mm, and it seemed to have disengaged entirely from the solder joint, but it was still affixed tight to the board.

Are Hi-Teks mechanically fastened, or is there some trick to getting them off?

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Re: Hi-Tek Space Invaders installation, etc
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 18 March 2014, 15:59:21 »

When you desolder them just squeeze those plastic tabs that arrows point at with some needle nose pliers while at the same time pulling whole switch up
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Re: Hi-Tek Space Invaders installation, etc
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 18 March 2014, 19:49:01 »
Quote from: skrsh3r on Tue, 18 March 2014, 15:59:21

When you desolder them just squeeze those plastic tabs that arrows point at with some needle nose pliers while at the same time pulling whole switch up


Thank you very much!

Exactly what I needed to know!
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"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
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Re: Hi-Tek Space Invaders installation, etc
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 19 March 2014, 01:31:18 »
the last poster is right. you may have to be careful of another thing: these switch legs dont have any stress relief, so if you overheat, the inside contacts mis-align. be careful, desolder completely and then slowly press the tabs 'in' to wiggle the switch out.
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