On Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:51 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
> One more drawback of the Molex connectors that I've run into - if a
> wire comes adrift from its pin after the pin has been inserted in the
> plug body, I have been unable to find any way to reverse the process
> and get the pin back out to recrimp or resolder. Annoying at best.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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There is an extraction tool for Molex pins. I have one here somewhere. It is
nothing more than a hollow cylinder which fits tightly over the pin and
compresses the little flanges (or whatever they are called) that retain the
pin. Works great.
73, Bill W6WRT
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