I bought a pair of Pomona 8 pin SOIC test clips(part no. 5250) sometime ago and finally got around to play with them yesterday. Only after about a dozen clips, one of the leaf contacts felt like it caught on a pin and ripped out.
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The contact was permanently bent upwards and there was no way to bend it back. After taking the clip apart, I didn't have any confidence in the method that was used to secure down the leafs. It looked weakly melted into position.
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To remedy the problem, I put a blob of epoxy over that area. For the bent leaf, I held it down with a tip of a small screw driver while it cured.
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I had a look this morning and it appears that I messed up one side. The epoxy flowed too far forward which inhibited the movement for a couple of the leafs. The clip no longer sits flush to the board and rides up one side of the chip. Oh well.