Broken transducer pin, advice please

[kevsbox]

Hi All
Found out why my depth transducer is now working. As you will dsee from the photos one of the pins is missing, it is stuck in the female connecter on the chart plotter (Raymarine 7S). So how screwed am I?

Has anyone managed to get a broken pin out before?
What are my options here?

 

[wonkywinch]

How's your eyesight and steadiness of hand?

 

[Cerebus]

Yes, you can get that out in all manner of ways; be it proper or a bodge (as I have recently been ‘accused’ of - that I took lightly because I achieved my objective) but getting it out is very achievable.

If you have trouble drop me a pm (no need for me to receive more “bodger” replies in public) and I will give you a few ideas.

You will need a new male plug of course, ideally (although I have ways around that too).

I can see there are many experts in many fields here, so ‘ pays your money and make your choice’.

You can do it.

 

[kevsbox]

Thanks, I will try the soldering iron method next weekend, fingers crossed

 

[Cerebus]

I cannot open the YouTube video.

Would be very interested to know if you find a method to extract the pin and post your results.

Thank you.

 

[wonkywinch]

Thanks, I will try the soldering iron method next weekend, fingers crossed

I recommend winding a paperclip tightly around your soldering iron tip with just a cm left extended to use as a new tip. The iron will heat the paper clip and if you tin it with a bit of solder then just touch the pin inside the plug to solder to it.

Retract the soldering iron leaving your paperclip in place and then when cooled (don't blow on it to speed up the process, the resulting dry joint will be too fragile). Pull on the paperclip and out will come the stuck pin.

Don't try to get the soldering iron in there or leave it applied too long else it will melt the plastic around the pin.

 

[kevsbox]

I cannot open the YouTube video.

Would be very interested to know if you find a method to extract the pin and post your results.

Thank you.

Will do

 

[kevsbox]

I recommend winding a paperclip tightly around your soldering iron tip with just a cm left extended to use as a new tip. The iron will heat the paper clip and if you tin it with a bit of solder then just touch the pin inside the plug to solder to it.

Retract the soldering iron leaving your paperclip in place and then when cooled (don't blow on it to speed up the process, the resulting dry joint will be too fragile). Pull on the paperclip and out will come the stuck pin.

Don't try to get the soldering iron in there or leave it applied too long else it will melt the plastic around the pin.

Good advice, thanks

 

[Alex_Blackwood]

Hi All
Found out why my depth transducer is now working. As you will dsee from the photos one of the pins is missing, it is stuck in the female connecter on the chart plotter (Raymarine 7S). So how screwed am I?
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Has anyone managed to get a broken pin out before?
What are my options here?

If you can get to the back of the socket, some of these sockets can be accessed from the rear and it will just push out.

 

[MontyMariner]

I recommend winding a paperclip tightly around your soldering iron tip

A bit of solid copper household wire would.be better.
Better conductor and easy to wrap.

 

[kevsbox]

Well I tried to get the pin out and just managed to push it further in, so I have refitted our old sounder for the summer, see photo



This winter I will take the new unit to Raymarine and ask them to remove the broken pin for me.