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Originally Posted by fixmeplease
I did the cut loop and crimp??? technique on a crapload of parts on the circuit boards.
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Loop and crimp is fine as long as it's done quickly so as not to partially melt the solder on the bottom of the board a bit. In fact, loop and crimp is overkill for durability.
Years ago I helped a guy work on an old tube guitar amp, and the sockets were brittle. Rather than risking having the metal terminal break flush at the tube socket, I cut a paper cap off the tube socket about half an inch away from the socket and laid the new part *right along side*, so they overlapped that half an inch, then soldered then together.
The guy howled a bit until I explained that parts contained on circuit boards are *only* attached by solder, and not nearly as much solder as the overlapped part had. He saw the light.
John