开云体育

AC-4 Cinch Jones Drive Pin Removal

Jerry NY2KW All Messages By This Member #74876 Just got a AC-4 and the bias line (green wire) is not continuous from PSU to Cinch pin 9.? I never dealt with Cinch plugs before but got the datasheet and see replacement part for the 300 series "drive pin".? Does this just get tapped out with a thin punch?? I don't want to damage the connector and hate to rewire a new one -- just hoping its an easy solder fix once I can figure out how to open it. Jerry NY2KW?
Rob Sherwood All Messages By This Member #74879 开云体育 Yes a punch works. ?Rob, NC0B? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Dec 6, 2023, at 11:29?AM, Jerry NY2KW <josternmd@...> wrote: ?Just got a AC-4 and the bias line (green wire) is not continuous from PSU to Cinch pin 9.? I never dealt with Cinch plugs before but got the datasheet and see replacement part for the 300 series "drive pin".? Does this just get tapped out with a thin punch?? I don't want to damage the connector and hate to rewire a new one -- just hoping its an easy solder fix once I can figure out how to open it. Jerry NY2KW?
Bill Leonard N0CU All Messages By This Member #74880 I don't have the specified punch. I use something like a drill bit to knock it out about 1/8 inch. Then I use a small wire clipper to pry it out enough that I can get a small needle nose pliers under it and then work it out slowly with the pliers. toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 11:29?AM Jerry NY2KW <josternmd@...> wrote: Just got a AC-4 and the bias line (green wire) is not continuous from PSU to Cinch pin 9.? I never dealt with Cinch plugs before but got the datasheet and see replacement part for the 300 series "drive pin".? Does this just get tapped out with a thin punch?? I don't want to damage the connector and hate to rewire a new one -- just hoping its an easy solder fix once I can figure out how to open it. Jerry NY2KW?
Jim W7RY #74882 开云体育 Yup I just work them out with needle nose pliers and then a small pair of side cutters. It helps if you twist them a bit. They do have a twist on the through pin. Jim W7RY On 12/6/2023 2:06 PM, Bill Leonard N0CU wrote: I don't have the specified punch. I use something like a drill bit to knock it out about 1/8 inch. Then I use a small wire clipper to pry it out enough that I can get a small needle nose pliers under it and then work it out slowly with the pliers. On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 11:29?AM Jerry NY2KW <josternmd@...> wrote: Just got a AC-4 and the bias line (green wire) is not continuous from PSU to Cinch pin 9.? I never dealt with Cinch plugs before but got the datasheet and see replacement part for the 300 series "drive pin".? Does this just get tapped out with a thin punch?? I don't want to damage the connector and hate to rewire a new one -- just hoping its an easy solder fix once I can figure out how to open it. Jerry NY2KW? -- Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY
Dale Parfitt All Messages By This Member #74885 开云体育 Once I remove the drive pin- I throw? it away. The hole size for the drive pin? is? spot on for a #2-56 tap. After tapping? both sides, I use SS 2-56X 1/4"? hex head? screws to fix the hood to the plug. Dale W4OP
Bob Tragesser All Messages By This Member #74886 开云体育 I keep a set of these pin removal tools by my workbench... Works for all kinds of different connectors: Bob WB9RHW?
Steve W7SJT All Messages By This Member #74887 I have made up several cables for ICOM gear.? With the price of Molex pin removal tools, this option is a remarkable bargain! Thanks for the tip!! - Steve? W7SJT "Always look for a positive solution then Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome" - Adaptation of the U.S. Marine Corps motto "There are no rules here!...We're trying to accomplish something!!" - Thomas Edison "Success is not final, failure is not fatal.? It is the courage to continue that counts." -?Winston Churchill ? On Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 09:16:50 AM MST, Bob Tragesser <btragesser@...> wrote: I keep a set of these pin removal tools by my workbench... Works for all kinds of different connectors: Bob WB9RHW?
Jim Shorney All Messages By This Member #74891 I did not know this until recently but you can buy pin removal tools at auto parts stores. Not cheap but they won't break. A local handed be two different flavors of these one day without comment. I looked at them for a moment and the light bulb went on. "I know what these are!" I thanked him profusely. Subsequent internet searches revealed the source (and value). 73 -Jim NU0C On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 16:16:44 +0000 "Bob Tragesser" <btragesser@...> wrote: I keep a set of these pin removal tools by my workbench... Works for all kinds of different connectors: Bob WB9RHW -- 73 -Jim NU0C

Previous Topic Next Topic