How do I remove a broken power jack? (Guide to desolder)

[@JulietNovember9]

New to soldering and I learned alot watching this. I mangled many components and I wish I had seen this prior to some of my beginner HAM radio projects. Would have saved me heaps of headache. Thank you!

[@pomeroypowerjackrepair]

Glad it helped! Thanks for letting me know!

[@Pr0toPoTaT0]

So i got this laptop with a pushed in power jack, asus, broken off inside. Problem is the solder doesnt want to come off either. I got a solder sucker, no luck. I used flux and solder over and over to try and loosen it up, no luck. I used my pinecil at 330 c. I tried with a hot air gun also. Doesnt loosen it up enough to come out with a little pressure. I was surprised to see you using pliers though. I was using i fix it tweezers, thus might not have been that much pressure. I should say, all these work phenomenally well on other boards. Haven't tried any power Jack's before but like it's getting annoying having this asus in pieces. I don't know if I'm going to remember what screws went were making the put together process take a century Do you know what I have to do to get this out? Should I snip the power jack off from the board(hopefully gently?) and work in a cluster free area? Should I throw it in a fire? Any advice is appreciated. I am using the vamp tools solder sucker like a pro, I got a really nice hot air rework station, the pinecil is pretty awesome. Idk what it could be that is going on but all these tries can't be good for it

[@pomeroypowerjackrepair]

What temperature are you running the hot air station on it?

[@Pr0toPoTaT0]

​@@pomeroypowerjackrepair 817 f, it melts the other solder enough it seems. This being an SMB component I've never even tried doing anything with them. I've had some child solder experiences but this is just ughhhh

[@pomeroypowerjackrepair]

@@Pr0toPoTaT0 Yes, that should be enough with the temperature. Are you adding any flux?