Help for a pushed in pin that cannot be moved

[Karltinsly]

Hi all,

I'm getting ready to post pics of my first mod! But I have one issue to solve before I do. After I soldered and assembled the 510 connector, I epoxied it in place. It is now fixed solid. However, it also has a pushed in center pin that I had not realized. So what can I do now? I can't just pull the pin up - everything is epoxied in tight. I don't think I can put a drop of solder on the center pin without melting the insulator.

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Obsiden]

Is the pin epoxied? Or just the 510 housing

 

[Rickajho]

If you used epoxy instead of hot glue on the back side of the 510 connector I can't see what else you can do but dig the 510 connector out and replace it. Picture would help.

 

[Karltinsly]

The whole thing is epoxied. Here's a pic:



Basically, the 510 connector is the top of an old ego batt. I drilled a hole big enough for it and the wire to fit in. Once I had everything working, I filled the hole with epoxy, and used an old tank to help position it and hold it in place.

I'm getting power to the connector (checked by multimeter), but none of my atty's will fire, so I'm thinking the pin must be just recesses by that much.

 

[Obsiden]

Can you use tweezers to pull the pin out for a washer

 

[Karltinsly]

Unfortunately no. The whole connector was set into a pool of epoxy, so everything is locked in place.

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[Obsiden]

Then you have to either drill it all out or use a atty with ajustiable positive pin

 

[asdaq]

What's the bottom of the atty look like? It seems like it would be easier to change that then work deep in the hole of the mod. If there is an airhole ( or if you drilled one) you could stick the head of a brass nail in it to make it that much longer.

 

[Karltinsly]

Okay, I'll see about getting it out and starting over (hope I can do it without destroying the shell).

Hey Rickajho, what were you saying about hot glue? Is it preferable to use that for sealing the back of the 510? I'm guessing it's not suitable for actually setting the 510 in place?

 

[Karltinsly]

Good point, asdaq, though none of the attys I was going to use (kraken, cobra, taifun) had holes, and I'd be reluctant to drill them, even if they are just clones.

Moot point anyway, while toying around with trying to get it to work, I managed to short it out and fried my wires together, so I have to redo it anyway.

Guess I won't be posting pics of my finished first mod today LOL. Thanks everyone for the input!