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It is not hard to lift pads, and need not be a problem. On my SE and SE/30 the pads seem to suck up a lot of heat... I used a hot iron with flux-covered solder braid, and also a desoldering bulb. Especially the SE/30 pads, I tried fully melting the solder and nudging them very very gently - and still about half of my pads lifted. This happens more often on older PCBs, especially if they have been exposed to damp conditions for any length of time, such as basement storage. Through-hole caps are IMO easier to replace than SMD.
As K says, just clean everything well and fasten your contacts where they need to be. Also you can tack the new caps onto anything which was part of the same conductive path, such as a pin of an IC or other nearby component, or a via (little silver dot that connects through the PCB layers). With big time board rework, it can help to have the schematics to your mac, but it is probably not necessary.
It is not hard to lift pads, and need not be a problem. On my SE and SE/30 the pads seem to suck up a lot of heat... I used a hot iron with flux-covered solder braid, and also a desoldering bulb. Especially the SE/30 pads, I tried fully melting the solder and nudging them very very gently - and still about half of my pads lifted. This happens more often on older PCBs, especially if they have been exposed to damp conditions for any length of time, such as basement storage. Through-hole caps are IMO easier to replace than SMD.
As K says, just clean everything well and fasten your contacts where they need to be. Also you can tack the new caps onto anything which was part of the same conductive path, such as a pin of an IC or other nearby component, or a via (little silver dot that connects through the PCB layers). With big time board rework, it can help to have the schematics to your mac, but it is probably not necessary.