A good weller soldering station beats hot air anytime. I can remove and replace any jack in under 5 minutes. It's easy but I've done about a thousand of them so... sorta like brushing one's teeth at this point. I do use a solder removing tool as well but won't say which one.
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Is it a trade secret
I actually had another tech refer a dc jack replacement. I had never done one and I did not want to do my first one on a client. I actually got my hands on an old laptop with a bad jack for practice on but I cant make time for that yet.
It has been a long time since I had to solder anything so I have a good idea on how to (at least I am hoping) on how to do it. Needless to say I had to discourage the person by wanting me to take care of it by stating that I do not do work like that unless its at my work bench. I was upset because to me that is failure on my part by not knowing how to do it. Well, I cant say I dont know how because I know how to solder (although its been years) and I have been watching many youtube videos on the matter.
I just don't want to be one of those techs that caused problems like the ones on the pics.