I am fairly new to SMD soldering and rework. I found these tutorials which may help you remove and install that RFC.
The first of four is located here: http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/36 Good luck and have fun, Kevin. KD5ONS On 4/12/2012 10:13 AM, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote: > Having recently done my first SMD board, I'd like to add one tip that made > it easier for me. Instead of tinning both pads, I tinned only one. Then I > held the part with tweezers, flat on the board, just touching the lump of > solder. I re-heated the solder and slid the part over onto the pad, holding > it still as the solder solidified. Then I soldered the other pad. This > leaves the part nicely flat against the board, with no need to push the > part down through hot solder while bending it through cold solder on the > other side. I used curved, padded handle, very sharp tweezers designed for > the purpose and an Optivisor magnifier. I did about a hundred of these and > it felt pretty good right from the start. > > Warning: I am a definite SMD newbie and my advice may not be technically > correct. It seemed to work for me, though. > > 73, > > /Rick > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire<[email protected]> wrote: > >> A two-terminal SMD is very easy to replace. Find a small, thin tool (e.g. >> tiny screwdriver, tip of a knife blade or even a toothpick) and place it >> where the SMD body touches the board and lift up on the SMD while heating >> one end with your soldering iron. It will tilt up, held by the solder at >> the >> other end. Now touch the other end with your iron while holding the part >> with small needle nose pliers or tweezers to free it. >> >> Clean any excess solder off of the pads and leave a small drop of fresh >> solder on each pad. >> >> Set the new part in place and hold it in place with the little tool you >> used >> to pry the old part off with earlier. Touch one end, then the other with >> your soldering iron to "sweat-solder" the part in place. Optionally, you >> can >> clean off the pads entirely and have a tiny drop of solder on the tip of >> your iron that will flow onto the solder pad when you touch each end. >> That's >> a little trickier to do at first. Most people tend to have too big of a >> drop >> of solder on the iron. If your first just make a "bump" of fresh solder on >> each pad and wipe your iron before touching it to the joint, you won't have >> excess solder. >> >> -- > Rick Tavan N6XI > Truckee, CA > ______________ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
