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PSA: Check your pin crimpers before a big job
Last month I was pulling my hair out at Hangar 7 in Phoenix trying to figure out why a D-sub connector kept failing continuity. Turns out my old AMP crimper was worn out and I'd been crushing pins instead of crimping them for like 2 weeks straight. Cost me a full re-do on a 50-pin harness. Anyone else ever get burned by a tool that looked fine but was actually shot?
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keith_rodriguez3d ago
Heard the same thing from a buddy at Lockheed, crimpers wear out way faster than people realize.
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