We also see the same issue.
What appears to be happening is that small ‘ears’ form on the crimped terminal because of metal getting squeezed into where it shouldn’t, making it get a little stuck in the tool.
We keep the terminal cavities lightly greased, this nearly eliminates the problem. Just a little swipe with a q-tip that’s greasy is enough.
A dab of white lightning and we are all set! Thank you everyone. Al - we are using the 45A connectors and the last hole on the crimper.
Dj,
Still it doesn’t seem right. Does it seem to you that you have to really hog down on the tool before it releases? It may be misadjusted.
Can anyone give me a link or part number for the West Mountain Radio Crimp Tool? I googled it…but there were way to many diffrent crimpers.
We use them on the all our motors except the CIM. We took a minibot 12 volt power pack and added a double throw switch with a set of connectors. We then use the fixture to test our manipulators without having to wire up the electronics. We can power our compressor and test our pneumatics
Here is a good place to buy them from.
Why not use them on the CIMs?
We don’t use them on our drive CIMs either, they are close enough to their speed controllers that we just use the yellow female tabs and the small tab connectors on the speed controllers.
We locate the speed controllers to have the shortest length of wire. No need to add a connector for a drive train motor. If we use the CIM for a manipulator motor we would add in the connector. It makes changing the motors out so much easier year to year.