Bad socket lugs

[PRR]

May also be good for damaged or tarnished socket lugs.

[tubeswell]

I'm sure Barney would approve ;-)

[shooter]

Mac just want's it working, He's ready to hit the Road

[Soulfetish]

 :sad2:There are definitely occasions when this is the most efficient way of making the repair. I had to do this in a few places on a friends Silvertone rebuild. Plus, you can use this technique on a few different socket pin types. Here are some photos I took for a discussion we had on re-tensioning tube sockets at MEF.

In this example, the socket terminal broke off right at the Phenolic base. Removing the remaining socket pin was fairly easy, but replacing the entire socket after much of the work had already been done would have been a nightmare.
The trickiest part is finding the right pliers to flatten out another pin terminal from a donor socket so you can slip it out back through the top. (illustrated in in the second photo).
Once you slip the new terminal in the empty pin socket, you can use a small chopstick, cut Q-tip, or anything with that will fit it the socket hole and not get stuck in the metal terminal to set it in place. It should sit pretty well for you to flip it back over and pinch the solder tab and secure it on the back side.

[Soulfetish]

...and finally, the reconnected terminal; no worse for the wear.