Broken terminals in sockets can be recovered if the reader find the same parts of other sockets. Thus, a bad socket with terminals, such as the type used with integrated circuits can serve as a good source terminals for recovery. The terminals may be taken with some caution, as shown in Figure 1 and used to replace those that are damaged in other sockets.
Figure 1 - Taking advantage of parts of other sockets.
The same is valid for sockets of small lamps that can be recovered from good parts recovered from sockets not in use.
