Datasheet

Hand Crimp Tool For Mini-Fit Jr. Male and Female Crimp Terminals
Doc. No: 638190901 Release Date: 04-24-18 UNCONTROLLED COPY Page 5 of 9
Revision: A Revision Date: 04-24-18
Figure 5
TERMINAL
WIRE
WIRE STOP IS PART
OF THE LOCATOR
PRE-STRIPPED
WIRE
TERMINAL
WIRE AGAINST
THE WIRE STOP
Crimping Terminals
1. Select the desired terminal listed in the preceding charts.
2. Make sure the center of the locator is in the down
position. With the locator attached, push the locator
button on the back of the hand tool to bring the locator
forward through the tooling. See Figure 2.
3. While holding the locator button in, load the terminal into
the proper nest opening in the locator based on the wire
gauge or terminal type markings on the hand tooling. See
Figure 3.
4. Release the locator button, allowing the locator to return
to the crimping position.
5. Close the tool handle until the first ratchet position
engages. See Figure 4.
6. Insert the properly stripped wire through the terminal
and against the wire stop. See Figure 5.
7. Crimp the terminal by squeezing the tool handles until
the ratchet mechanism cycle has been completed.
Release the handles to open the jaws.
Note: The tamper-proof ratchet action will not release the tool until it has been fully closed.
8. Remove the crimped terminal from the terminal
locator by pulling on the wire.
9. Visually inspect the crimped terminal for proper
crimp location.
10. On some large O.D. wires, it may not be possible
to insert the wire with the tool partially closed.
Those wires should be inserted with the hand tool
in the open position. Insert the wire above the
terminal in the punch and against the wire stop,
and then close the tool. See Figure 6.
Locator Replacement
See the parts list on the last page of this document for the proper locator order number. Follow
the steps below to replace the locator:
1. Open the crimp hand tool.
2. Gently squeeze on the lower area shown in Figure 7A with your thumb and index finger.
The lower tabs of the locator should disengage from the hand tool.
PARTIALLY
CLOSE HANDLE
TOOLING
PARTIALLY
CLOSED
Figure 4
FIRST RATCHET
POSITION
OPEN
POSITION
TERMINAL
Figure 6
WIRE
WIRE
STOP