Issue with Belton octal tube socket solder pins

[Charlie Wilson]

Hello, I recently decided to try 5.1k grid stoppers in my low plate classic to replace the 1.5k. I have the flying buss bar grid stoppers and in replacing the resistors I noticed that the tube socket solder pins wiggled around a bit. I lightly touched them and two of them broke off. So now I have to replace two of my power tube sockets. I don't think that I manhandled them that much. Maybe you should not bend the solder tabs at all? Anybody else have issues with cracking or breaking solder tabs on these sockets.
CW

[xtian]

Has happened once to me. Wiggling is not a problem, because the socket pins should be a little loose to accommodate the tube's pins. But the metal can fatigue quickly if bent multiple times.