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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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12-17-2005, 02:07 PM
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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.
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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.
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12-17-2005, 02:59 PM
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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
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I used a blow dryer. Much, much easier after its warmed up a bit.
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12-17-2005, 04:55 PM
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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.
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12-17-2005, 05:27 PM
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I too used the heat gun with 100% success.
Goes for taking them out, too. Doug
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12-17-2005, 07:06 PM
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I didn't have a heat gun so I guess i didn't get it hot enough.
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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
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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
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12-18-2005, 11:20 AM
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try detergent solution rather than an oil based lube
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12-18-2005, 11:25 AM
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Dunking them in hot water is a bad idea. Can you say...corrosion?
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12-18-2005, 11:43 AM
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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
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12-18-2005, 11:57 AM
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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
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12-18-2005, 12:06 PM
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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
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12-18-2005, 01:18 PM
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If you can get to the back/bottom side of the mount, pull the nipple thingie thru w/ needlenose pliers.
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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
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