Capacitor Nudging

[Kong]

I was inspecting a soundcard's front panel I/O board when I noticed that one of the larger capacitors (25v 220uF) was bent. I gently nudged it a little, let it settle, and nudged it some more until it was back around 90 degrees. There doesn't appear to be any damage to the capacitor itself, and the legs are still going completely through the other side of the board and up into the base of the capacitor with no apparent damage.

Would you say this capacitor should still be functional?

[retiredcaps]

Re: Capacitor Nudging

Would you say this capacitor should still be functional?

Chances are that it is good UNLESS there is/was bad/cracked/poor solder joints. The leads can take a bit of punishment.

[seanc]

Re: Capacitor Nudging

Should be fine, unless the reason for it being bent over was because the bung is pushing out of the bottom.

[Kong]

Re: Capacitor Nudging

Thanks for the replies.

The solder joints appear to be intact, and the bottom of the actual capacitor seems to be even.