Repairing Connector Terminals
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Tools Required
J 38125-B Terminal Repair Kit
Use the following repair procedures in order to repair the following:
- Push to Seat terminals
- Pull to Seat terminals
- Weather Pack® terminals
Some terminals do not require all of the steps shown. Skip the steps that do not apply for your immediate terminal repair. The J 38125-B contains further information.
- Cut off the terminal between the core and the insulation crimp. Minimize any wire loss.
For Weather Pack® terminals, remove the seal.
- Apply the correct seal per gage size of the wire.
For Weather Pack® terminals, slide the seal back along the wire in order to enable insulation removal.
- Remove the insulation.
- For Weather Pack® terminals only, align the seal with the end of the cable insulation.
- Position the strip in the terminal.
For Weather Pack® terminals, position the strip and seal in the terminal.
- Hand crimp the core wings.
- Hand crimp the insulation wings.
For Weather Pack® terminals, hand crimp the insulation wings around the seal and the cable.
- Solder all of the hand crimp terminals.