Terminal, Cleaning

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Contact Surface Cleaning Set: VAS6410

CAUTION:

Risk of damaging the threaded connection by to high a tightening specification.

- Do not use rust remover, contact spray or grease.

Battery -A- will be called battery in the information that follows.

The gray sanding pads are for slight contamination and suitable for soft surfaces.

The red sanding pads are for heavy contamination and suitable for hard surfaces.

Removing

-- Disconnect the battery. Refer to Battery, Disconnecting and Connecting .

-- Remove the cap nut from the terminal -2-.

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-- Remove the terminal -2-.

-- Check the terminal -2- for corrosion and contamination.

CAUTION:

Risk of damaging the tin layer on the terminal.

- Make sure that the tin layer is not worn down too much, the copper must not be visible.

-- Position the adapter -1- in the terminal -2- and sand corrosion and contamination by rotating in the direction of -arrows-.

-- Remove the burr on the terminal -1- with the deburrer -A- from the Contact Surface Cleaning Set: VAS6410 .

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