Wiring Harness Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) [2016-2018]: Assembly
CUTTING AND STRIPPING PAIRS OF CABLES
Release the cable from the cable harness so that you have plenty of room in which to work.
The maximum permitted twinned length after splicing is 100 mm. This is to prevent interference problems.
Cut the cables so that there is approximately 40 mm between the splices (center to center) (A).
Strip off 5.0 mm of the insulation on the 4 cable ends. Use: Special Tool: 951 2620 .
Twin the cable cores on the stripped ends of the cables.
Ensure that all the cores are twinned.
CRIMPING THE SLEEVE
Install a crimp sleeve from the repair kit in the press tool: Special Tool: 951 2785 .
Squeeze the crimping tool a little to secure the crimping sleeve in the tool.
Insert the cable as far into the crimp sleeve as it will go.
Ensure that the cable insulation does not get into the crimping area or that stripped cable does not extend outside the sleeve.
Press the pliers handles as far as they will go to ensure a proper joint. The pliers release automatically.
Check by hand that the crimping sleeve is secure.
Prepare the remaining cable ends in the same way.
HEATING THE CRIMPING SLEEVE
Hold a putty knife or other suitable protection behind the heat-shrink tubing to shield the surrounding components from heat.
Heat the sleeve with hot air gun: Special Tool: 951 2777 and a suitable nozzle. It is important that the heat-shrink tubing is shrunk around the cable. It should be possible to see some adhesive that has squeezed out around the cable.