Tool Kit for Bulb Socket Wedge Crimp Terminals
Doc No: ATS-6381953HM Release Date: 01-06-09
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Revision: B
Revision Date: 10-07-10
TERMINAL
SWING OPEN
LOCATOR
LOCATOR
TERMINAL
IN PLACE
Figure 4
PUSH HERE
TO OPEN
WIRE STOP
Locator Installation and Removal
Follow the steps below to install or replace the locator. See Figure 2.
To install the locator
1.
Position the locator with the hole over the brass pivot shaft and snap it
into place.
To remove the locator
1.
Open the crimp hand tool.
2.
Swing the existing locator open and away from the hand tool.
3.
Firmly press down on the brass pivot shaft with your thumb, while pulling
the locator up. Slip the locator off the top of the brass pivot shaft.
OPERATION
Open the tool by squeezing the handles together, at the end of the closing
stroke, the ratchet mechanism will release the handles, and the hand tool
will spring open.
Crimping Terminals
1.
Select the desired terminal listed in the preceding charts.
2.
Swing the terminal locator away from the crimp tool shown in Figure 3.
Some terminals with large insulation grips may interfere with the crimp
tooling when swinging the locator into position. The terminal must then
be loaded into the locator in the closed/crimp position.
3.
When using the locator, press down on the wire stop on the locator as
shown in Figure 4. Insert the terminal into the proper nest opening.
Make sure when choosing the nest opening, it will correspond with the
A, B, or C profile on the hand tool.
4.
Return the locator to its original position. Insert the pre-stripped wire
with the seal over the terminal. Gently touch the wire stop with the end
of the wire. See Figure 5..
5.
Compress the terminal by squeezing the tool handles until the ratchet
mechanism cycle has been completed. Release handles to open the
jaws.
Figure 3
LOCATOR
JAWS OPEN
LOCATOR
IN PLACE
WIRE STOP
TERMINAL
WIRE AGAINST
STOP
Figure 5
WIRE STOP
WIRE
