[ARC5] PL-064 plug

[AKLDGUY .]

Hi Robert

> On the PL-Q64 you have to first remove the right angle part (should be 4
> screws holding it to the straight shell with the insert inside.
>
> Then remove the single screw that retains the insert in the shell.  The
> inserts all come out the front, so that you have to thread the back shell
(and
> right angle shell if present) over the cable before you attach the cable
to
> the insert.

OK, I already removed the right angle part and even slipped it off the
wires.
The single screw is removed and at that point I could not remove the insert.

> Originally, the inserts were all slip fits into the back shells.
> Apparently, the plastic in some has over the decades absorbed moisture
and swelled.
> I have seen cases where the back shell was actually split.  For years, I
> used an arbor press and some custom made tooling to press the inserts out
of
> the stuck ones.  After which I took about 0.005" off of the OD.  Dave S.
is
> the one who first told me about the 150 deg. oven trick.  But I don't know
> whether he is the source or Mike H.

OK makes sense.

> After you have the wires attached to the insert, you have the great fun of
> getting the insert back into the shell along with the push-button lock
> strip.  What I finally found that works quite well was to turn one
push-button
> lock into an installation tool.  Open up the bend to about 45 deg.  Make a
> split clamp block out of wood that will allow you to hold the shell fixed
in a
> vise on the bench without deforming it.  You need to relieve the wood on
the
> side of the hole in the split block to allow the push-buttons to stick
out.
> With the two holes in the shell for the lock at 6:00 o'clock, place the
> lock that goes to the connector in place with the two buttons through the
> holes.  Hold the tool by the end with buttons.  Place the other end over
the
> matching end of the lock that's already sitting in the shell and pull
down with
> the button end of the tool just enough to hold the lock in place.  Slide
> the insert (slot down) toward the shell, engaging the tool in the slot,
and
> slide the insert smoothly about half way into the shell.  Remove the tool
(it
> will just slide out).  Align the hole in the shell with the tapped hole in
> the insert and install the retaining screw.  A derelic chassis male that
fits
> the insert is handy for getting the holes lined up but not required.
>
> The rear button on the lock does not have to go all the way down.  Only
the
> front one.

That took a lot of reading and all of my powers of comprehension. I came to
the conclusion that the method will become clear after I've removed the
insert
and seen how the two buttons are attached (or not, as the case may be).

All the wires on my cable are intact but one wire is very frail, and is
proving
difficult to tin. I wanted to understand how to disassemble the plug in
case I
need to replace that wire, in which case I would replace all of them.
Heating
seems to be the approved method. Thanks for your advice.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:10 PM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
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