Removing Pins from DME Plug
10-26-2011, 03:15 PM
#16
Nordschleife Master
I’d like to see the correct Bosch tool. Do you have a source or are they NLA? The tool I made works very well regardless, you can see it here.
The ones I have from bosch might be a little different in size or spacing, but I have used them to remove DME connector pins several times!
10-26-2011, 06:15 PM
#17
Three Wheelin'
Thanks all. Goy sick of trying to extract these and ended up just stripping a piece of insulation off and soldering the LM-2 analogue lead to the bare wire. That tool would be useful though. If I ever remove it I'd look to run heatshrink sleeves over the exposed wire.
Where can you get the tool from?
Where can you get the tool from?
12-01-2018, 10:17 PM
#18
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I didn't read the thread, but the easiest thing you could possibly use to remove the pins is cheap and easy to make.
Take one of those female hair clips (brown, straght on one side, squiggily on the other. a bobby pin?) straighten it out, cut the ball of one of the ends an stick in the DME plug to release the clip. Gently tug on the wire while you do this and they will come out effortlessly and undamaged each time.
Take one of those female hair clips (brown, straght on one side, squiggily on the other. a bobby pin?) straighten it out, cut the ball of one of the ends an stick in the DME plug to release the clip. Gently tug on the wire while you do this and they will come out effortlessly and undamaged each time.
So, 7 years later, many thanks!
12-05-2018, 06:14 PM
#20
Race Director
I know this is a really old thread, but when trying to remove multiple pins from my DME plug I tried about a dozen different small tools, paperclips, etc. Then I read this suggestion. My wife had a bobby pin just like that and I did what you suggested.......and it worked perfectly. Clearly a bobby pin is the exact correct size and dimensions.
So, 7 years later, many thanks!
So, 7 years later, many thanks!
