2.WIRING
2.1How to Use the Crimping Tool, Pin Extractor
A special crimping tool is necessary for connection of wires to the contact pins of the 38P connector. The pin extractor removes the contact pin from the connector body. This paragraph describes how to crimp and extract the contact pin.
Crimping Tool
Contact Pin
Pin Extractor
Crimping tool, contact pin, pin extractor
2.1.1How to use the crimping tool
1.Strip the vinyl sheath of the wire to expose the core by 3 mm to 4 mm.
2.Hold the crimping tool horizontally and insert the contact pin with its slit facing downward into the crimp hole on the crimping tool.
3.Insert the wire onto the contact pin and squeeze the handle until the rachet releases. (The wire should be placed deep enough into the contact pin so that its end comes in contact with the stopper plate of the crimping tool.) With crimping completed, pull the wire while holding the contact pin to make sure that it is tightly fastened.
2.1.2How to use the pin extractor
If a contact pin is inserted into an incorrect hole on the connector body, remove it with
the pin extractor.2
1. Push the pin extractor into the pin hole from the side opposite to the pin inserting side.
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2. Push in the head of the pin extractor. The retaining spring comes free and the contact pin can be removed.