Slider replacement??? Help please

I bought my mpc 2500 on ebay and it came with a broken slider (the metal piece was loose and broke off after hardly any use). So I had the replacement slider sent to me from MPC-stuff and I opened the MPC up and saw the slider I need to replace. So I have to replace the component in the circuit board, I guess by desoldering? I've tried to do this with wick but I can't seem to get it working (I can't get enough of the old solder to liquid).

I'm really stuck and I'm going to try to contact MPC-Stuff and Akai but I have my doubts about getting help from them, so please, anyone, I would love any help. My worst case scenario was taking my MPC on a 30 minute drive with me to someone who will solder and desolder on a circuit board. I'm looking at that situation right now though, so any help would be HUGE, thanks.

Edit - I've searched on google and on this site, sorry if I missed anything

I recenty replace the slider board on my unit and did not have to do any soldering at all. all i did was unscrew the board, unplug the wires and replace the board . i am confuse as to why you have to do any soldering at all.

Because I'm not replacing the slider board, I'm replacing an individual slider which is soldered to the circuit board.

where r u located?

Central Coast of California, why?

just wondering if your close to me,,i have done 4 sliders now and all have worked like new,including my own,,,i could walk you through it but you are saying you cant get enough solder off the back of the board to remove it,,,if you want to send the board and slider,i will beat any price that you can find and will have it back out in "1" day just something to think about,,,you can check my post around here,,im kinda new to the threads,so not enough people know me to refrence me,but i know what im doing,im honest,and i want you to have a working mpc,believe it or not!!!

If the solder is not melting, then you probably have to put the soldering iron on it for a longer period of time. Newer electronics that have RoHS compliant solder takes more heat to reflow since there isn't any lead in the solder. It just takes some practice

Try practicing your solder skills on some electronic boards that you may have laying at home which you won't care about ruining -- i.e. old Nintendo cartridge...

I could never take part in the sin of dismantling a nintendo cartridge, hah, but thanks a lot for the advice. I did hold it on there for quite a while and it seemed like it only melted where the direct contact of the soldering iron was.

I'll consider sending it your way but I'm pretty content w/ one working slider at the moment and it's going to need to be in use for a while but I'll let you know when I'm ready to get it fixed.

whenever ur ready,i'll be around!!