Hot take: The old timer who yelled at me about D-sub pin crimps was right

I used to just crimp and go, but this crusty 30-year vet at the Memphis hangar chewed me out for 10 minutes about using the correct tool setting. Switched to a M22520/1-01 with the wire stop adjusted per the spec sheet and haven't had a single intermittent signal issue since. Anyone else had to eat crow on a basic technique they thought they knew?

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hugo82515d ago

Tried the wire stop trick last year after fighting with some mil-spec connectors on a Gulfstream. Had a guy show me that if you set the stop exactly to the insulation diameter instead of just the wire gauge, the crimp holds way better on tefzel jackets. Nobody talks about that part.

hayes.jake15d ago

Huh, never thought about matching the insulation diameter on the stop, that's actually a smart workaround. Wonder if the same trick helps with those weird PTFE jackets that always wanna peel back on you.