You can heat up one pin from top and lever gently resistor up that end with a small screwdriver.
Then heat other pin and pull it out.
Then heat other pin and pull it out.
I understand that now, noticed a few others mention it and in all honesty never considered it. There is a "but" in this circumstance.. there would be no way for me to know if resoldering created a good connection as there's absolutely zero visibility. making things worse, other resistors are very near and adding solder blindly could be hazardous.. Since this diy thing is supposed to be fun, i decided to go deep again (and again) but thanks for the input!
Sounds like its a 2 hour removal job then.
Some designs are well packed in with little thought for maintenance later.
It probably need to come apart anyway if a resistor has burned as probably something else caused that.
Some designs are well packed in with little thought for maintenance later.
It probably need to come apart anyway if a resistor has burned as probably something else caused that.
Sounds like you've got it fixed. Just FYI, either Fluke or HP specifically recommended this method on test equipment, probably because they considered trace damage far more important than a minor appearance issue on top. Unfortunately, I've never been able to find the specific manual where I read it.