Good plan.
I mean i would replace it regardless but if you just want to see if you can get it working temporarily you can attempt to follow the below instructions, theyr’e just copied from another post of mine in another thread, but same issue.
If you can bend the pin to a point where it is not touching any of the other pins and then test the corresponding pad at the back of the connector in diode/resistance relative to ground and it show OL (in both polarities) then it would suggest the pin is a no connect (NC) and it’s safe to just remove it, I’d wiggle it until it fatigues and breaks off.
On ribbon reinsertion/s, just keep the ribbon as low as possible in the slot trying to keep it as parallel as possible, if you feel any resistance at all just back it all the way out and try again, the pins can only bend if you take them past a certain point of force when pushing the ribbon in, if they never get the force they’ll never bend
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