Contacts In Contact Housing, Repairing

Contacts in Contact Housing, Repairing

- First, open or release if necessary the secondary lock of the contact housing. Refer to => [ Secondary Lock ] Secondary Lock.

- Release contact (primary lock) using the appropriate release tool. Refer to => [ Primary Lock ] Primary Lock.





- Pull contact at single wire out of contact housing.

- Take the yellow repair wire with the correct contact out of the wiring harness repair set.

- Free up repair point of vehicle-specific wiring harness (approximately 20 cm to both sides of repair point).

- If required, remove wiring harness wrapping using a folding knife.

- Insert new contact of repair wire into contact housing until it engages.





- Slide a single wire seal onto the repair wire.

• When doing this, small diameter of single seal must point toward contact housing.

- Slide single wire seal into contact housing using the correct assembly tool. Refer to => [ Single Wire Seals ] Single Wire Seals.

- Shorten the repair wire and the vehicle-specific wiring harness single wire as needed using the Wire Stripper (VAS 1978/3).





- Strip ends of repair wire and of vehicle-specific single wire using 6 - 7 mm wire stripper.





- Crimp the stripped ends of repair wire and single wire of vehicle-specific wiring harness using crimp pliers and a crimp connection as described in chapter wire break with single repair point. Refer to => [ Wire Break with Single Repair Point ] Wire Break With Single Repair Point.

• Make sure that crimp connections do not lie directly next to each other when several wires need to be repaired. Arrange the crimp connectors at a slight offset so that the circumference of the wiring harness does not become too large.





• In the event the repair point was previous taped, this point must be taped anew with yellow insulating tape after repairs.

• Secure the repaired wiring harness if necessary with a cable tie to prevent flapping noises while driving.