Leaving a note for those doing this in the future.
Cutting the capacitor off method works great. Here is what you do.
- Cut the capacitor between middle and 2/3 way down. This gets rid of the top 1/2 of the metal casing
- now you have 1/2 of metal cylinder left. Cut vertically down the cylinder between the 2 electrodes. Gently peel off the cylinder pieces.
- get rid of the metal cylinder frame and the capacitor material inside
- There is a plastic plate at the bottom. Try to break it off in pieces rather than pulling it up. Exerting force on the 2 electrode post may pull up the circuit board solder pad.
- Now just unsolder the 2 electrode post
Very easy and I didn't lift up a single solder pad doing it this way.
The capacitor near the keyboard connector on the Classic II has no space to get a soldering iron in there. Furthermore, the surface mounted capacitors I got tend to cover up both the + and - pads. I had to mount this one side ways so I could get a soldering iron in there.
Cutting the capacitor off method works great. Here is what you do.
- Cut the capacitor between middle and 2/3 way down. This gets rid of the top 1/2 of the metal casing
- now you have 1/2 of metal cylinder left. Cut vertically down the cylinder between the 2 electrodes. Gently peel off the cylinder pieces.
- get rid of the metal cylinder frame and the capacitor material inside
- There is a plastic plate at the bottom. Try to break it off in pieces rather than pulling it up. Exerting force on the 2 electrode post may pull up the circuit board solder pad.
- Now just unsolder the 2 electrode post
Very easy and I didn't lift up a single solder pad doing it this way.
The capacitor near the keyboard connector on the Classic II has no space to get a soldering iron in there. Furthermore, the surface mounted capacitors I got tend to cover up both the + and - pads. I had to mount this one side ways so I could get a soldering iron in there.