Bill, I have no experience with customers taking exception to the J-STD but, I have experienced many other customer exceptions to military standards/specifications through the years. Sometimes customers provide their own workmanship standard or a tailored standard. What does the drawing call for on lead protrusion? Typically drawing requirements override "all" standards/specifications. What type of equipment is this to be used on? Why do they want a solder joint with that much strength? Guess this hasn't been much help to you, David N. Girard, CQE NCE Product Assurance Engineer Space Flight Hardware Group Technologies Corporation