Homemade Terminal Extraction Tool

[cowboyup3371]

I thought I saw a thread some time back about a homemade electrical terminal extractor? Is there such a thing or do I need to spend the money on one? If I can make one, what's the trick to pushing the tab down and the terminal out of the connector?

[Steve]

Try cutting one leg off a fork terminal and pushing the remaing leg between the terminal you want to remove and the housing it's in.

That may not be long enough. I have also used a small jeweller's screwdriver or a small paper clip.

(Why do they call them "paper" clips when they are made of metal? )

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[TheCafeKid]

I use a dental pick. But that can be fiddley sometimes.

[cowboyup3371]

Thanks guys. I tried the paper clip, a pick, and small screwdriver (not a jewelers though) without success last night. I'll try it again tonight though if the office doesn't have one.

[seant2h]

I just went through this too and after trying everything I could find, it turns out that the smallest paper clip I could find worked best for me.

[cowboyup3371]

I found a jewelers screwdriver here at work and managed to get them out. I never want to go through that again.

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Just a thought...

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=pfwl&cp=6&gs_id=w&xhr=t&q=pin+extractor&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=926&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=5041046019262800577&sa=X&ei=XDMoT5G4OYSqiQKBtrSWAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CIEBEPMCMAE

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[bwringer]

Hi,

Just a thought...

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=pfwl&cp=6&gs_id=w&xhr=t&q=pin+extractor&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=926&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=5041046019262800577&sa=X&ei=XDMoT5G4OYSqiQKBtrSWAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CIEBEPMCMAE

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

A WHOLE THREE BUCKS??????!!!?!??!?!?!!?????

That may be fine for you rich folk, mister fancy-pants, but you seem to have forgotten you're dealing with the legendary misers of the GSR here, boasting many members who have been using the same teabag every morning since high school.


Besides, that tool's for pin (round) terminals and won't work on removing flat terminals.

I've often used a small cotter pin -- spread it apart and use one half to fumble with the locking tab on the terminal, and the other half to guide your efforts.

Therefore, I hesitate to mention this $13.34 monstrosity -- the flat blades are what you need: http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-14900-Wi.../dp/B0002STTQG

It's a Lisle tool, so should be findable in a decent auto parts shoppe in your town.

But the cotter pin should do it, and you probably already have a pile of them that were less than a ha'penny each.