Re: How do you take out Heater Element from its sleeve.

["Don A. Gilmore"]

bigdaddy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have got this Weller TCP soldering iron.  Its heather is burned, I
> have got a new one.  Problem is seems that it has stuck in its sleeve.
> I have injected DWD40 in it and left it for few hours to loosen it.
> But it is not budging.  Any idea how to take it out.

Sounds like it might be galvanic corrosion.  Have you tried warm water
and baking soda?  This dissolves some forms of electrical corrosion.

Don
Kansas City