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Octal sockets are fairly cheap. If it's one of those junk wafer types replacing it is a good idea.
If it's the bakelite style it's possible to repin the original...Which I've done on 5U4 sockets a few times. Basically identify which of the pin contacts are not gripping /conducting well, thoroughly desolder them pinch in the locking tang and straighten them, push up from the bottom and out the top...Do the same for the contacts that the tube doesn't have pins to plug into and use those to replace the bad ones (if you have a NOS spare of the same brand and style of socket you can take pins from it instead of you like), then install your fresh pins in the reverse order of how you removed the bad ones.
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