How do you remove relay sockets?

[jedwards1123]

As part of my restoration of '71T, I am cleaning up the engine bay relay board, but have never known how to get the reply sockets in or out.
They are rubbery so have some give, but there is clearly a technique for this that I don't known, so can someone tell how its done without damaging stuff?

thanks in advance
Jeff

[juanbenae]

if the rubber is fit you can push those sockets out and clean them up some. those appear to have been greased at some point? like diaelctric grease I think its called. if near the coast or in a wet climate its a great call to prevent corrosion of the contacts over time.. that seems to be a bit over done, id clean it up with the spray can electrical parts cleaner n some q-tips. after you clean it up scuff the male n female contact some, fit them out side the aluminum mount a few times to get them friendly. after you have plugged n unplugged a few times yill get the feel. reset the cleaned female sockets in the aluminum mounting flange and plug them back in. reunited n it feels so nice...

[HawgRyder]

Choose a piece of metal tubing that will just barely fit over the socket from the top (side that the plug goes in to).
Push the tubing on...so that it compresses the rubber of the socket.
Then just wibble the socket out.
Use a little grease to re-install.
Bob

[mreid]

Use your thumbs to press one side towards the other and then down. As soon as that edge is under the lip of the panel, push it all the way out. This works unless your socket has hardened. In that case,it may break and you can replace it with a new one from Pelican.