Early '50's Crosley 17" TV

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

There's no real reason to remove the CRT socket if the set is working properly.
Let sleeping dogs lie.

I agree 100 percent. Leave the CRT socket alone if the TV still works. I learned that lesson a long time ago. There have been too many times when I have tried to improve on something that was working perfectly well, only to make things worse than they were before I started. When working on a TV with a rare or downright unobtainable CRT, I wouldn't mess around. If you fear you might cause irreversible damage to the tube if you try to repair the socket (and the tube still works), the best advice, again, is to leave the socket strictly alone. Older TVs, like your Zenith and others, often use CRTs which are nearly impossible to find replacements for if they are damaged or when they eventually fail.