I have to repair a display on my car's radio and can get a new LCD with ribbon cable attached to it, but the other end of the ribbon cable needs to be soldered to a board.
Here's the ebay auction of the part, and pictures of the part to replace as well as the soldering tip suggested to use:
From what I found, there is actually a glue on the ribbon cable that attaches it and it's not really soldered on. There are other versions that you don't have to heat up. The car originally comes with the ribbon cable, a silicone strip and metal u-channel clip that holds it all together with pressure. Unless that is also assembled with glue (I'm not sure). There are the 2 versions for the aftermarket repair.
Here's a picture of what someone used to 'solder' it on
Is this T-tip something I can get for my soldering iron
I've never done any 'soldering' like this before. Is the silicone strip meant as a buffer to not melt the ribbon, but only heat the glue to attach it to the board?
Someone else online used their soldering iron on low and heated the glue on the ribbon cable and that worked OK for them.
I'm assuming they're still using the factory strip of silicon/foam and the metal clip to hold the ribbon cable onto the board.
Thanks.
Here's the ebay auction of the part, and pictures of the part to replace as well as the soldering tip suggested to use:
From what I found, there is actually a glue on the ribbon cable that attaches it and it's not really soldered on. There are other versions that you don't have to heat up. The car originally comes with the ribbon cable, a silicone strip and metal u-channel clip that holds it all together with pressure. Unless that is also assembled with glue (I'm not sure). There are the 2 versions for the aftermarket repair.
Here's a picture of what someone used to 'solder' it on


Is this T-tip something I can get for my soldering iron

I've never done any 'soldering' like this before. Is the silicone strip meant as a buffer to not melt the ribbon, but only heat the glue to attach it to the board?
Someone else online used their soldering iron on low and heated the glue on the ribbon cable and that worked OK for them.
I'm assuming they're still using the factory strip of silicon/foam and the metal clip to hold the ribbon cable onto the board.
Thanks.
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