Install Round Relay Harness
 

I'm trying to install the harness for a black round relay. Is there any trick to getting that thing in there. I can only seat on part of the lip....how can I get the whole thing in there?

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Thanks!

I use a small flat blade of a screw driver and gently push down and pry the rubber lip a little bit at a time until it is completly through the hole.

I bought a couple of them which I haven't installed. The rubber seems pretty tough so I was going to use a heat gun to soften the lip area and then some grease.

Easiest is to get a pan of hot water....let the thing soak for a minute or two...then just pop it in. No problem at all....done a bunch of them that way..

Dennis

I used a blow dryer. Much, much easier after its warmed up a bit.

I got it in with a small screwdriver and silicon spray working around the lip to get it in. I tried to heat it up but it didn't work too well. I beat the thing up to get it in there.

I too used the heat gun with 100% success.
Goes for taking them out, too.

Doug

I didn't have a heat gun so I guess i didn't get it hot enough.

Like the others have said; get one side started, spray some WD40 or silicon lube, push as much as you can with your fingers, and use a small flat blade screwdriver to work the rest of the lip over the rim. Haven't had to use heat,

ianc

Lube is messy...and why do it if it only needs to be warmed up a bit?....

A heat gun can get it too hot ( real fast, too !)...try a hair drier at some reasonable distance...works like a charm !.... ( no mess)

Wil

try detergent solution rather than an oil based lube

Dunking them in hot water is a bad idea. Can you say...corrosion?
Patience, glycerin and a small dull screwdriver are your friends here.

Personal experience suggests that ( at times) these connectors just DON'T want to go in...no matter how careful you are with a dull bladed instrument...sometimes they get cut in the process

I'm tellin' ya...having tried a number of different ways..getting it warm in some fashion ( hair drier) is the ticket ....

Wil

or warm water - it will be more flexible

can put it in a plastic bag then into the water; also coat the terminals with a dielectrical greae first

I wouldn't worry about corrosion...the wires and pins are potted in the plastic housing, the actual socket is really just 6 little receptacles, each of which are plated and near as I can tell pretty well corrosion proofed.

Mine are about 10 years in, no problems, not a sign of corrosion anywhere on any of them.....

Dennis

If you can get to the back/bottom side of the mount, pull the nipple thingie thru w/ needlenose pliers.

Right Chris... and risk tearing the rubber....

I don't get it....why the resistance to something that works and works well...maybe we each need to try all these methods for ourselves...

I tried a number of different approaches and the heat made it so simple I gave myself a "head-slap" and asked ..."why did I wait so long?"...

I guess to each his own.....

Wil