INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
SX TRANSISTOR CONTROL
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Section 4.3 Recommended Lubrication of Pins and
Sockets Prior to Installation
Beginning in January of 1999, GE implemented the
addition of a lubricant to all connections using pins and
sockets on EV100/EV200 and Gen II products. Any
connection made by GE to the A, B, X, Y, or Z plugs,
includes the lubricant NYE 760G to prevent fretting of
these connections during vehicle operation.
Fretting occurs during microscopic movement at
the contact points of the connection. This movement
exposes the base metal of the connector pin which, when
oxygen is present, allows oxidation to occur. Sufficient
build up of the oxidation can cause intermittent contact and
intermittent vehicle operation. This can occur at any similar
type of connection, whether at the control or in any
associated vehicle wiring, and the resultant intermittent
contact can provide the same fault indication as actual
component failure.
The addition of the NYE 760G lubricant will
prevent the oxidation process by eliminating the access of
oxygen to the contact point. GE recommends the addition
of this lubricant to the 12 pin and 23 pin plugs of all new
Gen II controls at the time of their installation into a vehicle
When servicing existing vehicles exhibiting
symptoms of intermittent mis-operation or shutdown by the
GE control, GE recommends the addition of this lubricant
to all 12 and 23 pin plugs, after proper cleaning of the
connectors, as a preventative measure to insure fretting is
not an issue before GE control replacement. Also, for
long term reliable control operation, the plug terminals
must be maintained per these instructions with the
recommended contact cleaner and lubricant which
provides a high degree of environmental and fretting
protection.
New and re-manufactured control plugs are cleaned and
lubricated prior to shipment from the factory. However, in
applications where severe vibration or high temperature
cycling and excessive humidity ( such as freezers ) are
present, it is recommended that the plug terminals be
cleaned and lubricated every year, per this instructions. In
normal applications, plug maintenance should be
performed every two years, unless intermittent problems
arise with the plugs, requiring more immediate attention.
Warning: Do not use any other cleaners or lubricants
other than the ones specified.
WARNING: Before conducting maintenance on the
vehicle, jack up the drive wheels, disconnect the
battery and discharge the capacitors. Consult the
Operation and Service Manual for your particular
vehicle for details on discharging the capacitors; this
procedure differs between SCR and Transistor
controls.
1.
Disconnect
plug from controller or mating plug.
2.
Locate
the plug that contains the socket (female)
terminals.
Maintenance needs only to be performed on
the plug containing the socket (female) type terminals.
Reconnecting the plugs will lubricate the pin (male)
terminals.
3.
Clean
each terminal using Chemtronics
contact
cleaner “Pow-R-WasH CZ “ as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
4.
Lubricate
each terminal using Nye
760G lubricant
as shown in figure 2. Apply enough lubricant to each
terminal opening to completely fill each opening to a
depth of .125” maximum.
Figure 2
5.
Reconnect
plugs.
Reference
Cleaner
Chemtronics
Pow-R-WasH CZ Contact
Cleaner
Lubricant
Nye
Lubricants NYOGEL
760G
GE Plug Lub Kit Contains both above products:
328A1777G1
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Updated Sept 2019
