Repairable ball grid array contact

An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector, said contact comprising:

• a platform for holding a solder ball, said platform including a pair of opposed clamping beams;
• a body having a first end comprising a plate having substantially parallel opposed side surfaces, said side surfaces being frictionally engaged between said beams, and an opposite second end comprising a separable interface configured to mate with a mating contact, said body first end being separable from said platform when said platform is mounted to a circuit board.

A ball grid array connector comprising:

• a housing having a mating end for receiving a mating connector, an opposite mounting end, and a plurality of contact cavities extending between said mating and mounting ends;
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• a plurality of contacts, each said contact received in a respective one of said plurality of contact cavities, each said contact including a first portion configured to be mounted to a circuit board and a second portion separable from said first portion when said first portion is mounted to the circuit board.