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Car key was old and falling apart. Key failed last week and I am not able to LOCK car with key. (I can unlock, open trunk and Panic button work just fine)
Bought a new Key casing and when I was transferring the guts from the old battery to the new one, I noticed that the button to lock the car had broken loose. It looks like it just snapped off and the soldering just broke.... BUT.... I DONT KNOW.
Here is the question.
CAN THE BUTTON ATTACHED TO THE CIRCUT BOARD BE RE-ATTACHED?
The rest of the project worked out great... The new FOB looks great and functions well with the old guts. I can start the car, UNLOCK the car, Pop the Trunk and the Panic button works perfect.
First, the answer, then the tech, and more in depth info.
The Answer:
Go to/Call a place that repairs cell-phones. Ask if they do: soldering.
That is realistically, likely, your only option.
A computer repair place does not solder. (Note, a very few do solder. But, they are often specialty shops.)
A jeweler solders metal pieces (like small delicate chains).
The Tech, more info:
On a high level:
Soldering and welding are two very different things.
Welding:
When two pieces of metal are welded, the metal is fully melted for both pieces, then the liquified metals mix together (along with maybe with a filler rod/material), and then re-solidifies to metal.
A properly welded joint is stronger than the other metal parts.
Soldering:
This uses conductive material (solder) to bind two metal items (wire, button pin/lead, circuit board, etc).
The solder "chemically" attaches to the two metal items.
However, neither of the metal items melt.
Think of solder "kind of like" electrically conductive glue.
I hope the above helps.
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