How to Remove Broken 1/4" Jack Tip 

was petrified my new £350 bass was useless after getting the jack stuck, and then I found your video. absolute LEGEND!

Thanks for your video! I tried several sizes of screws to help me out of the TIP and I found that the 3.5mm width screws fit just right.

This is the most random and relatable tutorial I have ever seen. It worked for me but I had to put a little super flue to the end of my screw. You saved my life. Thanks mate.

You saved my helix. I was about to give up on anything but tearing it open. I can’t believe after like a year all I needed was a q-tip.

The screw idea worked great and fortunately pulled out the whole thing in one piece. The only other problem I had was the little protruding thing that makes the jack click into place. It was preventing me pulling the tip out with the screw. I fixed that by pushing it to the side with a thin nail while pulling on the screw and it came right out. Thank you.😃

Truly saved my life and WALLET with this video !

You Sir, deserve a medal. This worked perfectly, thank you so much!

You just saved me a lot of time and stress. Thank you so so much!!

Awesome! The screw worked to get the plastic ring out, but the Q-tip wasn't strong enough to pull the tip out. However, I tapered down the end of a chopstick with a little sandpaper, and that worked! Thanks!

Just saved me buying a new audio interface with the screw/screwdriver trick! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Thank you making this video. I had a broken jack in my fender passport pa and I was ready to tear it down to get at it. This worked! Thanks again.

You’ve just saved me a load of money. I was very close to buying a new sound card! Thank you!

This worked on my interface that’s been broken for TOO long. Thank you.

Thanks!! You just saved my vintage Casio MT-85! My search terms were "removing broken tip of 1/4 trs connector." Worked like a charm.

Thanks brother. Your video helped me remove the tip with the earbud from my mixer jack. Was losing a valuable channel due to this

You are a champ !!!!! That is the best tip I’ve had on U Tube ! Saved my day ! Thank you !

Thank you for showing this useful trick been trying to figure out how to remove my broken Jack from my stereo without breaking it further I will give this a try

Thank you so much. Almost sent my soundcard to the manufactuerer. Saved me a lot of $$$!

Thank you very much. My JBL partybox got the same problem , the tip of a microphone jack broke , this is the only thing that got it out and it was effin easy . 😊

Thanks! I wouldn’t have imagined trying it this way myself. Worked like a charm once I found just the right size screw!

This worked exactly as directed! So pleased! Thank you!

Thank you Joel! So happy to finally get the broken bit out of my TV's headphone socket!

Worked like a dream first time, including removing the tip. Thank you so much 🙏🏽💫

You just saved me - solved in under 5 minutes. Thank you so much!

You just saved my Yamaha piano, you are a legend. I have added glue at the end for the final piece.

I came here to say thank you! Saved me a lot of money because of this

Thank you very much!!!! Your video saved my day!!! (and my equipment) I got it out with the first try!

RU-vid never ceases to amaze me. Thanks - worked like a charm - amazing!

Legend. Worked first time. Thank you

You are a saint in my eyes

Bro you saved me one Digitech Drop. Thank you so much. Works like a charm.

Brilliant, the cotton bud worked perfectly to get my stuck jack tip out! Thank you so much!

Well done Old Chum, very inventive, to easy.....

Worked like a charm. Thanks for posting.

You are a genius. Thank you so much. God bless you brother...Ray

You Da Man, I'm the Fan!! Brilliant, the screw worked for me!!

Thank you so much! You saved my amp :D

Amazing, thanks for this. Will try it on my XDJ-RR.

The screw idea worked but the qtip didnt Any idea how to get rid of the second part

Yooo, thank you brother!!! I was about to give up after an hour with 5 different tools. 👏👍😎🍺

You are a hero. Thank you so much for sharing this!

Thanks for this mate...much help for me and save me in big trouble... Tip stuck in my Boss Gt100 and i was think my god who can help me to do this..... Simply u did help me... Thank u so much👍❤️❤️❤️🙏

I broke off the tip on the other side of the cable so I could compare the hole size. Then I had a set of diamond coated grinders (made for dremel/high speed tool). Found a size that fit but had to be twisted a bit. Grabbed on and then put a little torque/lean on it while pulling it out. Also had omto do as others said to push the retaining contact/clip out of the way. Also used a little gravity to help (so from an inverted position. Darn things. Don't let people trip over your cables 😅

Thanks I was out of ideas.

You saved my amp, thank you!

Thank you so much Bro, God bless you ✨❤️

My 🎤 Jack broke off in my wireless JBL speaker I thought I was going to have to return it THANK YOU 🙏🏻

Wow. This is actually THE way.

Bro your a life saver thank you very much❤

Thanks alot, you saved my fender amp

Thanks Joel. Hopefully that works for me. 👍

Worked for me.. Thanks !!

You are a life saver mate! Thank you!

Cool DIY tip, Joel✌😀

Thank you very much very effective☺️👌

would reverse engineering this for tipstuck deep in 1/4 trs input work

Dude, you just saved my sons arse!!

you’re a real one for sharing this tip haha thank you

Thank You!

Oh thanks man!

Thank you !! It worked 🙂

Welp, when I put pressure on the screw, I must have used too much force because I heard a click and then the tip popped out the back of the jack and went spelunking down the amp. I never recovered it, but the input works again so all's well that ends well. Thanks!

It worked, thanks!

You save my ssl sir thanks 😭😭😭

god tier tutorial

Brilliant!

life saver!

any alternatives from the cotton bud ??

I couldn't remove the tip of my jack from the NUX amplifier; it's stuck inside.

Does not work for all types of jacks mine was built different than the one showed in this video somehow managed to get it out with a pair of long Surgical tweezers but took a while to get a good bite to pull it out

thanks! great video!

nice mechanic tip bro Joel : )

oh god, you save me! thank you!

Thanks man! Very helpful!

Anyone know what size of screw you used?

I used an m3 tap from a tap and die set (used to cut threads in metal) gripped the metal tip that was stuck perfectly, out in 5 seconds after trying tweezers for half an hour.

you saved my life 3:05am

Cotton didn´t work for me! It was very stuck! I took parts from other plug.... than I hammered it into the plug and then I had success.

Thanks for the trick..🙏🙏🙏

PLEASE HELP my headphone jack is struck deeply in the audio port. I tried taking it out with a needle but it came out like what you showed in the video when you used the screw except for me the metal/plastic? skin came off and rest is still deep inside and I am unable to take out the rest as what ever was in first part is sticking out (it is only wire with thin layer or coil or metal around it) so please help

You friggin rock man! Thank you!

Worked… thumbs up!!!

Thank you so much!!!!

Wonderful, thank you, solved my problem. ✌️

Thanks

Thanks a bunch

You saved me!!!!! Thank you!!!

Thank you SO MUCH! :)

Life saver ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I had a very bad experience with My DENON Amplifier when i broke Sennheiser headset jack and IT WAS STUCK inside!! Very deeply... In the beggining,i used glue!!! Wrong! Very thin pliers.. Nothing! I was desperate that i had to move the whole Amplifier to an expert😰😱 Suddenly i had an idea: Drill bit!! The idea with screw is a good one but i suggest DO NOT USE Screwdriver cause you don't have the feeling needed for such sensitive operation.. A) I saw inside Denon jack with a magnifier lense and light to see what has been left.. B) I used a drill bit No 2(i think 3 maybe better) which i started to screw with ONLY my fingures force.. When i felt it had stopped,i pulled back the drill not exactly in straight line! And the miracle came: IT CAME OUT!!! I replaced the broken jack with a new one: Perfect!!! Finally, RU-vid is a big helper😉 Have a nice time, 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

Thank u

I will buy you a house someday. Even if you already have one, you will get another one.

Are u using glue on that cotton bud? 3:32

brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya just saved me a few hours of work and a couple a dozen F-bombs Thank you Joel.

Hi, very good! Like 6.

HOW does that happen ? I took two pairs of channel locks and I tried and tried to break the tip off ( with out bending ) and it's impossible !!!! If I can't purposely break one after 10 minutes of trying.. and then another 10 minutes of trying with a lot of pressure but not enough to ban to ruin it I couldn't take that tip off to save my life..... For an hour I tried with two pairs of channel locks.... So how the hell is one of those supposed to break in the back of a guitar effects or in a guitar amp ...... I have played professionally 7 nights a week for 30 years in clubs all over Los Angeles Phoenix Arizona Nashville Tennessee Chicago the Aleutian Islands the Bering Sea.. and I don't understand how any of those can ever break inside of a unit if I can't break it on purpose and I rebuilt my first engine when I was 15 years old I know what I'm doing.... they don't !!!!!

If I could not break one of those on purpose with two pairs of pliers after an hour? How do they ever break inside of a unaffectionate just trying to plug it in how do they break ???? THEY DONT !!!!!!!!!!!!

cool man

I love u

Nice hack bro 😁😁😁